Overview
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.
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Box office
Grossed $8.52M worldwide
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Lázaro Gómez CarrilesWriter
- Julian SchnabelWriter
- Cunningham O'KeefeWriter
- Reinaldo ArenasNovel
- Jana BokováScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 3, 2000
- Original language
- English
- Revenue
- $8.5M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Javier BardemReinaldo Arenas
Olivier MartinezLazaro Gomez Carilles
Johnny DeppBon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
Andrea Di StefanoPepe Malas
Santiago MagillTomas Diego
John OrtizJuan Abreu
Héctor BabencoVirgilio Pinera
Francisco GattornoJorge Camacho
Marisol Padilla SánchezMargarita Camacho
Michael WincottHerberto Zorilla Ochoa
Sean PennCuco Sanchez
Najwa NimriFina Zorilla Ochoa
Diego LunaCarlos
Diahnne AbbottBlanca Romero
Jerzy SkolimowskiProfessor
Alfredo VillaArmando García
Rene RiveraRecruit Driver
Maurice CompteNicolas Abreu
Vincent LarescaJose Abreu- Olatz López GarmendiaReinaldo's Mother
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