TORONTO -- Father of five, painter, sculptor, furniture designer, author, filmmaker, superb storyteller and -- for all we know -- opera singer: The jealous are no doubt hoping that Julian Schnabel will fail at something, anything, one of these days. Yeah, well, if he does -- it won't be in the realm of film.
Before Night Falls, Schnabel's second feature, is about exiled Cuban poet and author Reinaldo Arenas. The movie stars Spanish actor Javier Bardem as Arenas, and has already won all the big awards at the Venice film festival.
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