Review of Before Night Falls (2000) by Jacob V — 25 Feb 2008

It's a good and interesting movie, but it is hard to see, so I didn't enjoy it, I suffered watching it. The Cuban reality is hard and sad to face.

I admire Javier BArdem's performance, once again he demontrates what a good actor he is.

And Johnny Depp was great again, I was in shock with the scene were he points a gun to Bardem's character, it was scary to see the hate in Depp's eyes and the scare in Bardem's eyes, for me it was the best scene.

I didn't like the mix of languages, I speak Spanish, English and French, but I must admit I was mixed-up with the changes and the weird accents they had. For example, I do not understand :confused: why if Francisco Gatorno is Cuban he had to speak French (I didn't understand him and I suspect he doesn't speak a word in French and he had to memorize the phonetics) If he is a Cuban he could have speak Spanish without trying to imitate anybody. There were similar cases where the director could have taken advantage of the nationalities of actors and make them speak their mother tongue but instead he made them speak a different language with an artificial accent :down: