Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas was not a deeply religious man.

Had he been, he could have taken consolation from the Biblical observation that a prophet is not without honour, save in his own country. Under Castro's regime, Arenas suffered censorship, humiliation, imprisonment and physical abuse.
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The story of exiled Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas is the story of a quest for personal, professional, political and sexual freedom.

Arenas comes to life in Before Night Falls, a film of extraordinary beauty (from director/painter Julian Schnabel, who may finally have found the right canvas) that tells the poet's story with compassion and humour.
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