Before night falls, Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel
Type
Label
Before night falls, Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong sexual content, some language and brief violence
Main title
Before night falls
Medium
videorecording
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally released as motion picture in 2000
Responsibility statement
Fineline Features ; a Grandview Pictures production ; Jon Kilik presents a film by Julian Schnabel ; produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles, Julian Schnabel ; directed by Julian Schnabel
Runtime
133
Summary
"Victimized by a government that banned his books and jailed him for a crime he didn't commit, [poet] Reinaldo [Arenas] endured unspeakable persecution in a courageous stand against censorship and oppression. Without a country, but not without integrity, he fled to America where he continued to fight for personal expression and produced a stirring body of work." -- Container
Table Of Contents
Childhood -- Holguín, 1958 -- "The parade begins" -- Havana, 1964 -- Pepe -- New start -- Beauty is the enemy -- Revolutionaries -- 4 types -- Crackdown -- Article 243 -- Outside help -- Accusations -- Escape -- In hiding -- Prison -- Bon Bon -- Punishment -- Lieutenant Victor -- Free again -- Being a writer -- Pepe's escape -- Exit permit -- Stateless -- Strain -- Promise -- End credits
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Grandview Pictures (Firm)
- Pérez Grobet, Xavier, 1964-
- Rivera, Rene
- Gómez Carriles, Lázaro, 1958-
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990
- Bardem, Javier, 1969-
- Magill, Santiago, 1978-
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Penn, Sean, 1960-
- Berenbaum, Michael, 1945-
- Gonzalez, Manuel
- Schnabel, Julian, 1951-
- Rosas, Guillermo
- Villa, Alfredo
- Laresca, Vincent
- O'Keefe, Cunningham
- Wincott, Michael, 1958-
- Di Stefano, Andrea, 1972-
- Martinez, Olivier, 1966-
- Babenco, Hector
- Jiménez-Leal, Orlando, 1941-
- Compte, Maurice
- Burwell, Carter
- Kilik, Jon
- Nimri, Najwa, 1972-
- Depp, Johnny
- Cabrera, Saba
- Ortiz, John
- Fine Line Features
Genre
Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Gays -- Cuba -- Biography -- Drama
- Homosexuales varones -- Cuba -- Biografía -- Teatro
- Poets, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama
- Cuba -- Historia -- Revolución, 1959 -- Teatro
- Film adaptations
- Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Drama
- Authors, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Autores cubanos -- Siglo XX -- Biografía -- Teatro
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Teatro
Actor
resource.cinematographer
Composer
Director
resource.filmeditor
Is Based On
Producer
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor29
- Grandview Pictures (Firm)
- Pérez Grobet, Xavier, 1964-
- Rivera, Rene
- Gómez Carriles, Lázaro, 1958-
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990
- Bardem, Javier, 1969-
- Magill, Santiago, 1978-
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Penn, Sean, 1960-
- Berenbaum, Michael, 1945-
- Gonzalez, Manuel
- Schnabel, Julian, 1951-
- Rosas, Guillermo
- Villa, Alfredo
- Laresca, Vincent
- O'Keefe, Cunningham
- Wincott, Michael, 1958-
- Di Stefano, Andrea, 1972-
- Martinez, Olivier, 1966-
- Babenco, Hector
- Jiménez-Leal, Orlando, 1941-
- Compte, Maurice
- Burwell, Carter
- Kilik, Jon
- Nimri, Najwa, 1972-
- Depp, Johnny
- Cabrera, Saba
- Ortiz, John
- Fine Line Features
- Genre6
- Subject15
- DVD-Video discs
- Gays -- Cuba -- Biography -- Drama
- Homosexuales varones -- Cuba -- Biografía -- Teatro
- Poets, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama
- Cuba -- Historia -- Revolución, 1959 -- Teatro
- Film adaptations
- Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959 -- Drama
- Authors, Cuban -- 20th century -- Biography -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Autores cubanos -- Siglo XX -- Biografía -- Teatro
- Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 -- Teatro
- Actor15
- resource.cinematographer2
- Composer1
- Director1
- resource.filmeditor1
- Is Based On1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter3