Arenas was born in 1943 in an extremely impoverished village in Cuba, and participated in the anti-Castro movement in his early years. At the age of 20, he published his first novel in Havana, the only work he published in his own country. His subsequent works were either confiscated and destroyed by the Cuban government or later published abroad. Arenas was sent to prison several times because of his homosexuality and his repeated criticism of the government at the time. The funny thing is that homosexuality turned out to be his ticket to a free country, because in Cuba anyone who is gay or mentally ill can leave the country. He came to the United States in 1980, but soon discovered that New York was not the paradise he had dreamed of. Arenas died of AIDS in the United States in 1990.
Before Night Falls movie plot
2022-03-02 08:01
Extended Reading
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Shyanne 2022-03-20 09:02:57
So many big names tell a tedious tale in a grandiose context.
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Wilbert 2022-03-22 09:02:51
The rhythm is quite slow, but not dull, and the music has a lot to do with it. Although the whole story didn't tell anything fancy, but Uncle Baden's performance really added points.
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Reinaldo Arenas: The difference between the Communist system and the capitalist system is that when they give you a kick in the ass, in the Communist system you have to applaud, in the capitalist system, you can scream.
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Reinaldo Arenas: As my mother smacked me, she cursed and yelled, "Maldito! Bad seed!" She shouted at the sky, "I want to get out of here." But I really wasn't sure that's what she wanted. But now standing over me she looked like a huge tree trunk. And if it didn't hurt so much, I'd get down on my knees, and ask her to smack me again, even harder. Then she became beautiful. How pretty she is in her skirt made out of a sack and the blouse she stole from her sister. I wanted to get up and beg her forgiveness. I wanted to say, "Mom, how pretty you are today. You look like one of those women that you can only see on Christmas cards," but I said nothing because of the knot in my throat.