Prima che sia notte (2000)
Reynaldo Arenas ha quattordici anni quando viene istruito dalle autoritià castriste alle idee rivoluzionarie. Il suo sogno è quello di diventare un grande scrittore e a vent’anni pubblica il primo romanzo. Omosessuale dichiarato e anticastrista approfitterà della sanatoria di Fidel Castro che permetteva a gay, malati di mente ed ex carcerati di lasciare l’isola, per fuggire negli Stati Uniti. Ma anche qui avrà dei problemi.
Direttore: Julian Schnabel
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Javier Bardem as Reinaldo Arenas |
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Olivier Martinez as Lazaro Gomez Carilles |
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Johnny Depp as Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor |
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Andrea Di Stefano as Pepe Malas |
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Santiago Magill as Tomas Diego |
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John Ortiz as Juan Abreu |
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Héctor Babenco as Virgilio Pinera |
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Francisco Gattorno as Jorge Camacho |
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Marisol Padilla Sánchez as Margarita Camacho |
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Michael Wincott as Herberto Zorilla Ochoa |
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Sean Penn as Cuco Sanchez |
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Najwa Nimri as Fina Zorilla Ochoa |
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Diego Luna as Carlos |
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Diahnne Abbott as Blanca Romero |
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Jerzy Skolimowski as Professor |
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Alfredo Villa as Armando García |
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Rene Rivera as Recruit Driver |
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Maurice Compte as Nicolas Abreu |
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Vincent Laresca as Jose Abreu |
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Olatz López Garmendia as Reinaldo's Mother |
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Nemo Librizzi as Pedro the Bus Driver |
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Giovani Florido as Young Reinaldo |
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Loló Navarro as Reinaldo's Grandmother |
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Batan Silva as Reinaldo's Father |
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Carmen Beato as Teacher |
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Cy Schnabel as Smallest School Child |
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Olmo Schnabel as Smallest School Child |
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Vito Schnabel as Teenage Reinaldo |
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Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Reinaldo's Grandfather |
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Lia Chapman as Lolin |
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Aquiles Benites as Translator |
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Ewa Piaskowska as Pretty Blonde Student |
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Patricia Reyes Spíndola as María Teresa Freye de Andrade |
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Marlene Díaz as Woman in Car #1 |
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Olga Borayo as Woman in Car #2 |
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Manolo García as Faustino |
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Lola Schnabel as Girl With Keys |
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Ofelia Medina as Landlady |
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Lois Barragán as Woman - UNEAC |
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Eduardo Antonio as Nightclub Singer |
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Stella Schnabel as Valeria |
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Manuel González as Jose Lezama Lima |
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Claudette Maillé as Maria Luisa Lima |
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Chanel Puertas as Blonde on the Beach |
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Manolo Rivero as Royal Gay |
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Andrea Fassler as French Tourist |
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Magda as Santería Dancer |
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Julian Bucio as Violent Soldier |
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Jorge Zárate as Prosecutor |
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Jorge Zamora as Kid with Kite |
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Noel Medina as Policeman on Beach |
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Jorge Zepeda as State Security on Beach |
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Yulian Díaz as Teenager #1 |
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Eduardo Arroyuelo as Teenager #2 |
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Antonio Zavala Kugler as Stranger in Lenin Park |
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Eloy Ganuza as State Security in Lenin Park |
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Khotan Fernández as Young Man with Bird |
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René Pereyra as Antonio |
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Abel Woolrich as Hungry Inmate |
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Mario Oliver as Gay Inmate |
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Robertico Valdez as Singing Prisoner |
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Claudio Osoria as Guard at El Morro |
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Caridad Martinez as Dancer in the Convent |
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Zulema Cruz as Zulema |
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Annie Gil as Blanca's Teenage Daughter |
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Filiberto Estrella as Dwarf |
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Juan Cristóbal Murillo as Immigration Officer |
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Melanio Filiberto Hebra as Man at Mariel Harbor |
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Matthias Ehrenberg as Officer at Mariel Harbor |
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Jack Schnabel as Mr. Greenberg |
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Esther G. Schnabel as Mrs. Greenberg |
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Xavier Domingo as Death |
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Eric Springer as Orderly |
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Jimmy Nugent as Taxi Driver |
| Camera | Xavier Grobet | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | María Estela Fernández | Costume Design |
| Editing | Michael Berenbaum | Editor |
| Directing | Julian Schnabel | Director |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Salvador Parra | Production Design |
| Production | Jon Kilik | Producer |
| Production | Julian Schnabel | Executive Producer |
| Production | Olatz López Garmendia | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Guillermo Rosas | Director of Photography |
| Art | Antonio Muñohierro | Art Direction |
| Sound | Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Laurie Friedman | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Lázaro Gómez Carriles | Writer |
| Writing | Julian Schnabel | Writer |
| Writing | Cunningham O'Keefe | Writer |
| Crew | Jana Boková | Documentation & Support |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lupita Peckinpah | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Writing | Reinaldo Arenas | Novel |
| Visual Effects | Randall Balsmeyer | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Matthias Ehrenberg | Associate Producer |
