Before Night Falls (2000)

Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro’s Cuba.

• aids
• artist
• attempt to escape
• author
• cuba
• cuban revolution
• exile
• fidel castro
• gay
• homosexuality
• hot air balloon
• new york
• oppression
• suicide
• totalitarian regime