Where was Before Night Falls filmed?
2004 film, directed by Julian Schnabel.
- Mexico
The story is set in New York, about 2,070 miles (3,332 km) from where it was filmed.
Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed
- Set in
- New York; Cuba
- Filmed in
- Mexico
- Distance
- About 2,070 miles (3,332 km) between New York and the nearest filming location.
- Distance
- About 1,437 miles (2,312 km) between Cuba and the nearest filming location.
About Before Night Falls
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- Released
- 2004
- Director
- Julian Schnabel
- Cast
- Javier BardemOlivier MartinezAndrea Di StefanoJohnny DeppMichael WincottDiego LunaSean PennHéctor BabencoSebastián SilvaPedro Armendáriz Jr.
- Genre
- BiographicalDramaLgbtq-relatedRomance
- Based on
- Before Night Falls
- Awards
- Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The story
In the film, Arenas is born in Oriente Province, Cuba in 1943 and raised by his single mother and her parents, who soon move the entire family to Holguín.
After moving to Havana in the 1960s to continue his studies, Reinaldo begins to explore his ambitions, as well as his sexuality.
Through his work and friendships with other openly gay men, like Pepe Malas and Tomas Diego, Arenas manages to find himself.
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