Julian Schnabel	...	(Director)
Julian Schnabel, Reynaldo Arenas, Cuhhingham O'Keefe, Lazaro Gomez Carriles	...	(Writer)
Javier Bardem	...	Reinaldo Arenas
Sean Penn	...	Cuco Sanchez
Olivier Martinez	...	Lázaro Gómez Carriles
Johnny Depp	...	Bon Bon/Lieutenant Victor
Jerzy Skolimowski	...	Professor
Olatz López Garmendia	...	Reinaldo's Mother
Hector Babenco	...	Virgilio Piñera
Andrea Di Stefano	...	Pepe Malas
Giovanni Florido	...	Young Reinaldo
Loló Navarro	...	Reinaldo's Grandmother
Michael Wincott	...	Herberto Zorrilla Ochoa
Sebastián Silva	...	Reinaldo's Father
Carmen Beato	...	Teacher
Cy Schnabel	...	Smallest School Child
Olmo Schnabel	...	Smallest School Child
Vito Maria Schnabel	...	Teenage Reinaldo
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Reinaldo's Grandfather
Diego Luna	...	Carlos
Lia Chapman	...	Lolin
Aquiles Benites	...	Translator
Ewa Piaskowska	...	Pretty Blonde Student
Eva Piaskowska	...	Pretty Blonde Student
Batan Silva	...	Reinaldo's Father (as Sebastián Silva)
Patricia Reyes Spíndola	...	María Teresa Freye de Andrade
Marlene Díaz	...	Woman in Car #1
Olga Borayo	...	Woman in Car #2
Santiago Magill	...	Tomas Diego
Manolo García	...	Faustino
Lola Schnabel	...	Girl With Keys
Ofelia Medina	...	Landlady
Lois Barragán	...	Woman - UNEAC (as Lois Barragan)
Eduardo Antonio	...	Nightclub Singer
Stella Schnabel	...	Valeria
Manuel González	...	Jose Lezama Lima (as Manuel Gonzalez)
Maurice Compte	...	Nicolas Abreu
Claudette Maillé	...	Maria Luisa Lima (as Claudette Maille)
John Ortiz	...	Juann Abreu
Vincent Laresca	...	Jose Abreu
Rene Rivera	...	Recruit Driver
Chanel Puertas	...	Blonde on the Beach
Manolo Rivero	...	Royal Gay
Nemo	...	Pedro the bus driver
Andrea Fassler	...	French Tourist
Magda	...	Santeria Dancer
Julian Bucio	...	Violent Soldier
Jorge Zárate	...	Prosecutor (as Jorge Zaráte)
Najwa Nimri	...	Fina Zorilla Ochoa
Francisco Gattorno	...	Jorge Camacho (as Francisco Gatorno)
Marisol Padilla Sánchez	...	Margarita Camacho (as Marisol Padilla Sanchez)
Jorge Zamora	...	Kid with Kite
Noel Medina	...	Policeman on Beach
Jorge Zepeda	...	State Security on beach
Yulian Díaz	...	Teenager #1 (as Julyan Díaz)
Eduardo Arroyuelo	...	Teenager #2
Antonio Zavala Kugler	...	Stranger in Lenin Park
Eloy Ganuza	...	State Security in Lenin Park
Khotan	...	Young Man with bird
René Pereyra	...	Antonio (as Rene Pereira)
Abel Woolrich	...	Hungry Inmate
Mario Oliver	...	Gay Inmate
Robertico Valdez	...	Singing Prisoner
Claudio Osoria	...	Guard at El Morro
Alfredo Villa	...	Armando García
Diahnne Abbott	...	Blanca Romero (as Diahnne Déa)
Caridad Martinez	...	Dancer in the convent
Zulema Cruz	...	Zulema
Annie Gil	...	Blanca's Teenage Daughter
Filiberto Estrella	...	Dwarf
Juan Cristóbal Murillo	...	Immigration Officer (as Juan Cristobal Murillo)
Melanio Filiberto Hebra	...	Man at Mariel Harbor (as Filiberto Hebra)
Matthias Ehrenberg	...	Officer at Mariel Harbor (as Matthías Ehrenberg)
Jack Schnabel	...	Mr. Greenberg
Esther G. Schnabel	...	Mrs. Greenberg (as Esther Schnabel)
Xavier Domingo	...	Death
Eric Springer	...	Orderly
Jimmy Nugent	...	Taxi Driver
Benjamín Benítez	...	Rudy (uncredited)
Fidel Castro	...	Himself (anti-Marielito speech) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carter Burwell	...	Composer
Xavier Pérez Grobet	...	Cinematographer
Guillermo Rosas	...	Cinematographer
Michael Berenbaum	...	Editor
Monica Nordhaus	...	Casting Director
Salvador Parra	...	Production Designer
Laurie Friedman	...	Set Decorator
María Estela Fernández	...	Custome Designer
Virginia Campos	...	hair stylist
Judi Goodman	...	hair stylist
Nicki Ledermann	...	Makeup Artist
Ana Lozano	...	makeup designer
Kerrie R. Plant	...	Makeup Artist
Dante Aguilar	...	unit manager: Mexico
Kelley Cribben	...	post-production supervisor
Pamela Jaeckle	...	unit manager: US
Mike Phillips	...	Production Supervisor
Giselle Gurza	...	second second assistant director
Yvette Gurza	...	second second assistant director
Joaquin Silva	...	key second assistant director
Pedro Alanis Alanis	...	paint foreman (as Pedro Alanis)
Maite Argüelles	...	art department coordinator
Andrew Bernard	...	art director: New York
Adán García	...	on-set painter
Rodolfo Granados	...	sculpture
Jordan Jacobs	...	assistant art director
Pedro Neri Martinez	...	greens foreman
Garry Pastore	...	props
Federico Nava Patiño	...	construction coordinator
Tomas Rodriguez Tovar	...	leadman
Jorge Sainz	...	draftsman
Juan Pablo Garcia Tames	...	Set Designer
Gabriel Tapia	...	assistant art department coordinator (as Gabriel Tapia Ramirez)
Tatiana Valdéz	...	Mural Painter
Dennis Horwath Vazquez	...	sign painter
Heidi Ma. Villalobos	...	draftsman (as Heidi Villalobos Maya)
Mirko von Berner	...	on-set decorator
Alexander Wei	...	art department coordinator: New York
Marko A. Costanzo	...	foley artist
Jesse Ehredt	...	Sound Recordist
Robert Fernandez	...	Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Albert Gasser	...	Sound Effects Editor
Robert Hein	...	Supervising Sound Editor
Kenton Jakub	...	adr editor
George A. Lara	...	foley mixer
Glen Marullo	...	sound mixer (as Glenn Marullo)
Steven Simons	...	additional sound re-recording mixer
David Wahnon	...	assistant sound editor
Christian Wangler	...	sound
Alejandro Vázquez	...	special effects coordinator: Effeccine
Randall Balsmeyer	...	Visual Effects Supervisor
Daniel Leung	...	digital compositing supervisor
Matt McDonald	...	digital effects artist
David E. Baron	...	second assistant camera: New York
Marco Polo Constandse	...	video assist operator
Andy Day	...	gaffer: New York
Michael Fradianni	...	Electrician
Mauricio Rubinstein	...	additional photographer
Daniel Salk	...	video assist
Marilou Vetter	...	assistant camera

Summary: Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Olivier Martinez. From Basquiat director Julian Schnabel comes this powerful portrait of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, who drew inspiration from Castro's revolution only to end up in prison for his sexuality. 2000/color/133 min/R/widescreen.