2026 Sarasota Film Festival
Before Night Falls
2000• 2 hr 14 min• United States• English, Spanish
Screenings
- 📅
Friday, April 17 at 6:00 PM EDT
Ends 8:30 PM EDT
📍Sarasota Art Museum
1001 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL, 34236
About This Screening
Director Julian Schnabel in attendance
About this film
Julian Schnabel's acclaimed 2000 film traces persecuted Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas (played by Javier Bardem, in his breakthrough performance), who was jailed and silenced under Castro's regime. Fleeing to America, he defiantly champions free expression, transforming exile and suffering into a powerful literary legacy against censorship and oppression.
Credits
- Director
- Julian Schnabel
- Producer
- Jon Kilik
- Executive Producer
- Olatz López Garmendia, Julian Schnabel
- Screenwriter
- Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel
- Cinematographer
- Xavier Grobet, Guillermo Rosas
- Editor
- Michael Berenbaum
- Composer
- Ennio Morricone, Carter Burwell
- Production Design
- Salvador Parra
- Cast
- Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Johnny Depp
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