Dance First

Think later.

  • Rated 6.6 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2023
  • 1h 40m
  • History
  • Drama

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.

Director
James Marsh
Starring
Gabriel Byrne, Aidan Gillen, Sandrine Bonnaire, Fionn O'Shea

Cast

  • Gabriel Byrne

    Gabriel Byrne

    Samuel Beckett

  • Aidan Gillen

    Aidan Gillen

    James Joyce

  • Sandrine Bonnaire

    Sandrine Bonnaire

    Suzanne

  • Fionn O'Shea

    Fionn O'Shea

    Young Samuel

  • Maxine Peake

    Maxine Peake

    Barbara

  • Bronagh Gallagher

    Bronagh Gallagher

    Nora Barnacle

  • Lisa Dwyer Hogg

    Lisa Dwyer Hogg

    May Beckett

  • Caroline Boulton

    Caroline Boulton

    Sylvia Beach

  • Gráinne Good

    Gráinne Good

    Lucia Joyce

  • Cillian Hollywood

    5 year old Samuel

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