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Before Night Falls

Movie · 2000 · 128 min

A slow, sorrowful life story that drifts through beauty and cruelty, leaving a quiet ache of exile and endurance.

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2000 US film directed by Julian Schnabel
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Year
2000
Runtime
128 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • freedom
  • survival
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • prison
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, romance, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Julian Schnabel
Written by
Julian Schnabel
Starring
Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Diego Luna, Jerzy Skolimowski, Najwa Nimri, Héctor Babenco, Olivier Martinez
Music
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Xavier Grobet
Runtime
128 min
Country
United States
Languages
French, Spanish, English, Russian

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