Before Night Falls is a film.
Before Night Falls is a 2000 American biographical romantic drama directed by Julian Schnabel . The film had its world premiere at the 2000 Venice International Film Festival . A biographical film , or biopic ( [ ˈbaɪəʊpɪk ] abbreviation for biographical motion picture ) , is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people . Romance films or romance movies are romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theaters and on TV that focus on passion , emotion , and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters and the journey that their genuinely strong , true and pure romantic love takes them through dating , courtship or marriage .