Name/Year..: Before Night Falls (2000)
Theatre....: USA 12 October 2000
Release....: 31 August 2014
Retail.....: -
Source.....: Bluray
Length.....: 133m
Video......: 1280*696
Audio......: [X] English 2.0 AC3
Subtitles..: [ ] English [ ] Spanish [] French
Ratings:...: 7.3/10 from 18,773 users
Genre......: Biography | Drama
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iMDB.......: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247196
Episodic look at the life of Cuban poet and novelist,
Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), from his childhood in Oriente province
to his death in New York City. He joins Castro's rebels. By 1964,
he is in Havana. He meets the wealthy Pepe, an early lover;
a love-hate relationship lasts for years. Openly gay behavior is a
way to spite the government. His writing and homosexuality get him
into trouble: he spends two years in prison, writing letters for
other inmates and smuggling out a novel. He befriends L zaro Gomes
Garriles, with whom he lives stateless and in poverty in Manhattan
after leaving Cuba in the Mariel boat-lift. When asked why he
writes, he replies cheerfully, "Revenge.
Live free or die hard trying...
"Alea iacta est"
It's Better to burn out, than to fade away!
. .::C O U N T E R F E I T::. .
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