"It was an honor to be able to photograph Cuban writer Renardo. Arenas' life was an honor. Arenas was a great writer, he made suffering into beauty, and he had a great sense of humor." - Julian Schnabel.
The film has won awards at the Venice Film Festival, the European Film Festival and the Columbia Film Festival. Johnny Depp plays two minor roles in the film, one of which is a female Cuban military officer, and has multiple gay scenes with Arenas, played by Javier Bardem. The performance of the Spanish actor Javier Bardem was even better, and some critics believed that the Jury Prize won by the film at the Venice Film Festival was completely dipped in the light of Javier's outstanding performance.
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