Dance First
History
Drama
Think later.
Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.
2023-11-03
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Cast
Director
James Marsh
Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett
Aidan Gillen as James Joyce
Sandrine Bonnaire as Suzanne
Fionn O'Shea as Young Samuel
Maxine Peake as Barbara
Bronagh Gallagher as Nora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer Hogg as May Beckett
Caroline Boulton as Sylvia Beach
Gráinne Good as Lucia Joyce
Andrew Hefler as Leon
Barry O'Connor as William Beckett
Caleb Johnston-Miller as 10 year old Samuel
Robert Aramayo as Alfred Peron
Rebecka Johnston as Woman 1
Laurent Winkler as King Gustav
Júlia Szász as Mania
Francis McBurney as M