Movie Review: Before Night Falls
Imagine a country where homosexuality is punishable by imprisonment in a concentration camp. Imagine the ruler of your country banning books that spoke against him. Imagine a home with no laughter, smiles or joy.
Now imagine a young girl crying herself to sleep at night longing for her father. Imagine this girl as a woman, watching her beloved grandfather forget his loved ones. Imagine a country in which a person's color determines the struggles they will endure and others will not.
Now realize that both of these situations are real. The young girl is me and the citizen of the communist country was Reinaldo Arenas. He was born in the Province of Oriente, Cuba in 1943. His home life was plagued with miserable women and a gay-hating grandfather.
In the film, Before Night Falls, Javier Bardem plays the gifted novelist and poet. His passion for this role drives the progression of this frown-on-your-forehead film. Bardem's ability to play a strong, sensitive, intellectual, homosexual kills the stereotype of the lisp-talking, hips-swaying fag that most Hollywood films portray.
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