Reżyseria:
Julian SchnabelScenariusz:
Julian SchnabelZdjęcia:
Xavier GrobetMuzyka:
Carter BurwellObsada:
Javier Bardem, Olivier Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Michael Wincott, Carmen Beato, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Diego Luna, Sean Penn (więcej)Opisy(1)
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS tells the story of Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas (Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem). Raised in the Oriente Province of Cuba in the 1940s, Arenas began his life-long love of the sea and water. Leaving home as a young adolescent, he moves to Havana where he finds himself swept up in the revolutionary spirit and joins a circle of writers and artists. His first novel, "Singing from the Well," is published in Cuba, but as Castro's oppressive regime gathers force, Arenas' homosexuality and political writing make him a target. After being falsely accused of molestation, Arenas is arrested and imprisoned at El Morro. Eventually released from prison after dehumanizing treatment, Arenas flees Cuba in the 1980 Mariel Harbor boatlift. After moving to New York with his friend Lazaro Gomez Carilles, Arenas' hopes for a new life are destroyed by AIDS, and he dies in 1993, at the age of 45. (Cinemax)
(więcej)Recenzje (2)
An excellent biographical drama about the life of the Cuban poet, Reinaldo Arenas, played by the ever precise and absolutely excellent Javier Bardem. And there’s a striking role for Johnny Depp too. However, this picture would have benefited from slightly surer directing. Sometimes nothing happens for minutes on end, at other times events crash down on the viewer like an avalanche.
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A great film that relies on Javier Bardem's gripping performance (without exaggeration, the role of a lifetime). The story is about how members of sexual minorities and non-conformist individuals always have it difficult, especially in a totalitarian dictatorship. This film about sobering up from political and life illusions is depressing and, due to the slow pace of storytelling and the film language used, it is not a film for everyone. Some scenes - the interrogation, the banquet in a crumbling church, or the escape by balloon - contain surreal elements. Johnny Depp is kind of only there, but he did seem to have enjoyed the role. The slimy investigator will stay in your head for a long time. The film can be criticized for some formal shortcomings, but considering Bardem's acting concert, I give it 5 stars. Overall impression 90%.
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