Before Night Falls (Wide Screen) > Reviews

Advantages: Amazing
Disadvantages: not good if your homophobic.

'Before Night Falls' is an absolutely and utterly gorgeous film. It is a biography of Reinaldo Arenas - a gay Cuban novelist and charts his life. It began in poverty in rural Cuba, leading into the Cuban revolution. The film is well produced, acting is of a good standard and the story has to be believed - the pain of him having first been so supportive of the revolution which eventually led to him having to leave his country to escape persecution. The ... Read review

Advantages: Portrayal of the Cuban revolution
Disadvantages: Alot of quick changes from scene to scene

...combined to create this - Before Night Falls! A tremendous film with great variation of the portrayal of homosexuals. Usually in films and TV you have a stereotypical homosexual, for example in the TV series Will and Grace, however this is something that sets your heart out for these people. I really enjoyed the film and couldn't quite grasp why! If you are thinking about buying this film because it says Johnny Depp in the casting, don't buy ... Read review