The movie Before Night Falls depicts the tragic life of Reinaldo Arenas and the adversity he encounters. Being a homosexual, Arenas is immediately portrayed as a victim of a society that does not accept people who stray from societal norms. Arenas experiences ridicule and no one accepts him for who he truly is as a person. Not only does Arenas find himself dealing with the social pressures due to this sexual orientation, he also experiences adversity through imprisonment. While in prison, Arenas develops a system in which he writes letters to other inmates lovers so that he can develop a stash of pencils and paper to conduct his own writings. Prior to being released his writings are confiscated. The movie is enveloped with hypocrisy as even some of the guards of the prison demonstrate homosexual tendencies. He also spends time living in exile as he has nothing to his name and nothing to distinguish him in society. The last instance of adversity that Arenas deals with is the development of Aids. Contracting AIDS appears to have significantly impacted his writing ability and desire. The entire film represents a metaphor for dealing with adversity which Reinaldo Arenas faces with regularity.
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