Drama /

Score: 66.2%( 284 votes )

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.

Cast:

Javier Bardem
Reinaldo Arenas

Olivier Martinez
Lazaro Gomez Carilles

Johnny Depp
Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor

Andrea Di Stefano
Pepe Malas

Santiago Magill
Tomas Diego

John Ortiz
Juan Abreu

Héctor Babenco
Virgilio Pinera

Francisco Gattorno
Jorge Camacho

Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Margarita Camacho

Michael Wincott
Herberto Zorilla Ochoa

Sean Penn
Cuco Sanchez

Najwa Nimri
Fina Zorilla Ochoa

Diego Luna
Carlos

Diahnne Abbott
Blanca Romero

Jerzy Skolimowski
Professor

Alfredo Villa
Armando García

Rene Rivera
Recruit Driver

Maurice Compte
Nicolas Abreu

Vincent Laresca
Jose Abreu

Olatz López Garmendia
Reinaldo's Mother

Nemo Librizzi
Pedro the Bus Driver

Giovani Florido
Young Reinaldo

Loló Navarro
Reinaldo's Grandmother

Batan Silva
Reinaldo's Father

Carmen Beato
Teacher

Cy Schnabel
Smallest School Child

Olmo Schnabel
Smallest School Child

Vito Schnabel
Teenage Reinaldo

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Reinaldo's Grandfather

Lia Chapman
Lolin

Aquiles Benites
Translator

Ewa Piaskowska
Pretty Blonde Student

Patricia Reyes Spíndola
María Teresa Freye de Andrade

Marlene Díaz
Woman in Car #1

Olga Borayo
Woman in Car #2

Manolo García
Faustino

Lola Schnabel
Girl With Keys

Ofelia Medina
Landlady

Lois Barragán
Woman - UNEAC

Eduardo Antonio
Nightclub Singer

Stella Schnabel
Valeria

Manuel González
Jose Lezama Lima

Claudette Maillé
Maria Luisa Lima

Chanel Puertas
Blonde on the Beach

Manolo Rivero
Royal Gay

Andrea Fassler
French Tourist

Magda
Santería Dancer

Julian Bucio
Violent Soldier

Jorge Zárate
Prosecutor

Jorge Zamora
Kid with Kite

Noel Medina
Policeman on Beach

Jorge Zepeda
State Security on Beach

Yulian Díaz
Teenager #1

Eduardo Arroyuelo
Teenager #2

Antonio Zavala Kugler
Stranger in Lenin Park

Eloy Ganuza
State Security in Lenin Park

Khotan Fernández
Young Man with Bird

René Pereyra
Antonio

Abel Woolrich
Hungry Inmate

Mario Oliver
Gay Inmate

Robertico Valdez
Singing Prisoner

Claudio Osoria
Guard at El Morro

Caridad Martinez
Dancer in the Convent

Zulema Cruz
Zulema

Annie Gil
Blanca's Teenage Daughter

Filiberto Estrella
Dwarf

Juan Cristóbal Murillo
Immigration Officer

Melanio Filiberto Hebra
Man at Mariel Harbor

Matthias Ehrenberg
Officer at Mariel Harbor

Jack Schnabel
Mr. Greenberg

Esther G. Schnabel
Mrs. Greenberg

Xavier Domingo
Death

Eric Springer
Orderly

Jimmy Nugent
Taxi Driver