---
title: 'Before Night Falls (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Julian Schnabel'
released: '2000-09-03'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/before-night-falls-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247196/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Before Night Falls (2000)

2000 · 128 min · Drama, History, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Before Night Falls  is a 2000 American biographical drama film directed by Julian Schnabel. The film is based on both the autobiography of the same name by Reinaldo Arenas—published in English in 1993—as well as Jana Boková's 1990 documentary Havana.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Julian Schnabel](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-schnabel)
- **Screenplay:** [Julian Schnabel](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-schnabel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell)
- **Producer:** [Jon Kilik](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-kilik)
- **Director of Photography:** [Xavier Grobet](https://cinepixo.com/people/xavier-grobet)
- **Editor:** [Michael Berenbaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-berenbaum)

## Cast

- [Najwa Nimri](https://cinepixo.com/people/najwa-nimri)
- [Michael Wincott](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-wincott)
- [Jerzy Skolimowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-skolimowski)
- [Sean Penn](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-penn)
- [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp)
- [Javier Bardem](https://cinepixo.com/people/javier-bardem)
- [Pedro Armendáriz Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-armendariz-jr)
- [John Ortiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ortiz)
- [Vincent Laresca](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-laresca)
- [Diahnne Abbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/diahnne-abbott)
- [Patricia Reyes Spíndola](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-reyes-spindola)
- [Olivier Martinez](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivier-martinez)
- [Sebastián Silva](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-silva)
- [Andrea Di Stefano](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-di-stefano)
- [Héctor Babenco](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-babenco)

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Official site: http://www.before-night-falls.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/before-night-falls-2000
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