Reinaldo Arenas

Javier Bardem

Lazaro Gomez Carilles

Olivier Martinez

Pepe Malas

Andrea Di Stefano

Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor

Johnny Depp

Virgilio Pinera

Hector Babenco

Cuco Sanchez

Sean Penn

Tomas Diego

Santiago Magill

Herberto Zorilla Ochoa

Michael Wincott

Juan Abreu

John Ortiz

Fina Correa

Najwa Nimri

Reinaldo's Mother

Olatz Lopez Garmendia

Jorge Camacho

Francisco Gattorno

Margarita Camacho

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Teenage Reinaldo

Vito Maria Schnabel

Professor

Jerzy Skolimowski

Reinaldo's Father

Sebastian Silva

Reinaldo's Grandfather

Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

Carlos

Diego Luna

Blanca Romero

Diahnne Abbott

Armando García

Alfredo Villa

Recruit Driver

Rene Rivera

Nicolas Abreu

Maurice Compte

Jose Abreu

Vincent Laresca

Young Reinaldo

Giovani Florido

Reinaldo's Grandmother

Loló Navarro

Teacher

Carmen Beato

Smallest School Child

Cy Schnabel

Smallest School Child

Olmo Schnabel

Teenage Reinaldo

Vito Schnabel

Lolin

Lia Chapman

Pretty Blonde Student

Ewa Piaskowska

María Teresa Freye de Andrade

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Faustino

Manolo García

Girl With Keys

Lola Schnabel

Landlady

Ofelia Medina

Valeria

Stella Schnabel

Maria Luisa Lima

Claudette Maillé

French Tourist

Andrea Fassler

Violent Soldier

Julian Bucio

Prosecutor

Jorge Zárate

State Security on Beach

Jorge Zepeda

Teenager #2

Eduardo Arroyuelo

Stranger in Lenin Park

Antonio Zavala Kugler

Young Man with Bird

Khotan Fernández

Antonio

René Pereyra

Hungry Inmate

Abel Woolrich

Gay Inmate

Mario Oliver

Dwarf

Filiberto Estrella

Officer at Mariel Harbor

Matthias Ehrenberg

Mr. Greenberg

Jack Schnabel

Mrs. Greenberg

Esther G. Schnabel