Cast & crew
Before Night Falls (2000)
Directed by Julian Schnabel Written by Julian Schnabel, Cunningham O'Keefe, Lázaro Gómez Carriles
Cast
| Javier Bardem | Reinaldo Arenas |
| Olivier Martinez | Lazaro Gomez Carilles |
| Johnny Depp | Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor |
| Santiago Magill | Tomas Diego |
| Andrea Di Stefano | Pepe Malas |
| John Ortiz | Juan Abreu |
| HĂ©ctor Babenco | Virgilio Pinera |
| Sean Penn | Cuco Sanchez |
| Marisol Padilla Sánchez | Margarita Camacho |
| Francisco Gattorno | Jorge Camacho |
| Michael Wincott | Herberto Zorilla Ochoa |
| Najwa Nimri | Fina Zorilla Ochoa |
| Diego Luna | Carlos |
| Alfredo Villa | Armando GarcĂa |
| Rene Rivera | Recruit Driver |
| Diahnne Abbott | Blanca Romero |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | Professor |
| Nemo Librizzi | Pedro the Bus Driver |
| Maurice Compte | Nicolas Abreu |
| Vincent Laresca | Jose Abreu |
| Olatz LĂłpez Garmendia | Reinaldo's Mother |
| Giovani Florido | Young Reinaldo |
| LolĂł Navarro | Reinaldo's Grandmother |
| Batan Silva | Reinaldo's Father |
| Carmen Beato | Teacher |
| Cy Schnabel | Smallest School Child |
| Aquiles Benites | Translator |
| Olmo Schnabel | Smallest School Child |
| Vito Schnabel | Teenage Reinaldo |
| Lia Chapman | Lolin |
| Pedro Armendáriz Jr. | Reinaldo's Grandfather |
| Ewa Piaskowska | Pretty Blonde Student |
| Marlene DĂaz | Woman in Car #1 |
| Olga Borayo | Woman in Car #2 |
| Manolo GarcĂa | Faustino |
| Patricia Reyes SpĂndola | MarĂa Teresa Freye de Andrade |
| Lois Barragán | Woman - UNEAC |
| Eduardo Antonio | Nightclub Singer |
| Lola Schnabel | Girl With Keys |
| Ofelia Medina | Landlady |
| Stella Schnabel | Valeria |
| Manuel González | Jose Lezama Lima |
| Claudette Maillé | Maria Luisa Lima |
| Chanel Puertas | Blonde on the Beach |
| Manolo Rivero | Royal Gay |
| Andrea Fassler | French Tourist |
| Magda | SanterĂa Dancer |
| Julian Bucio | Violent Soldier |
| Jorge Zamora | Kid with Kite |
| Noel Medina | Policeman on Beach |
| Jorge Zárate | Prosecutor |
| Jorge Zepeda | State Security on Beach |
| Yulian DĂaz | Teenager #1 |
| Eduardo Arroyuelo | Teenager #2 |
| Antonio Zavala Kugler | Stranger in Lenin Park |
| Eloy Ganuza | State Security in Lenin Park |
| Khotan Fernández | Young Man with Bird |
| René Pereyra | Antonio |
| Abel Woolrich | Hungry Inmate |
| Mario Oliver | Gay Inmate |
| Robertico Valdez | Singing Prisoner |
| Claudio Osoria | Guard at El Morro |
| Caridad Martinez | Dancer in the Convent |
| Zulema Cruz | Zulema |
| Melanio Filiberto Hebra | Man at Mariel Harbor |
| Matthias Ehrenberg | Officer at Mariel Harbor |
| Annie Gil | Blanca's Teenage Daughter |
| Filiberto Estrella | Dwarf |
| Juan CristĂłbal Murillo | Immigration Officer |
| Jack Schnabel | Mr. Greenberg |
| Esther G. Schnabel | Mrs. Greenberg |
| Xavier Domingo | Death |
| Eric Springer | Orderly |
| Jimmy Nugent | Taxi Driver |
Crew
| Antonio Muñohierro | Art Direction |
| Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Guillermo Rosas | Director of Photography |
| Salvador Parra | Production Design |
| MarĂa Estela Fernández | Costume Design |
| Michael Berenbaum | Editor |
| Laurie Friedman | Set Decoration |
| Julian Schnabel | Writer |
| Jana Boková | Documentation & Support |
| Julian Schnabel | Executive Producer |
| Cunningham O'Keefe | Writer |
| Lázaro Gómez Carriles | Writer |
| Randall Balsmeyer | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Lupita Peckinpah | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Matthias Ehrenberg | Associate Producer |
| Reinaldo Arenas | Novel |
| Xavier Grobet | Director of Photography |
| Olatz LĂłpez Garmendia | Executive Producer |
| Jon Kilik | Producer |
| Julian Schnabel | Director |