Dance First
Think later.
2023•1h 40m•6.9/10
HistoryDrama
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6.9/10(25)
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.
Production
2LE Media, Film Constellation, Proton Cinema, Sky Arts, uMedia
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
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Cast
Gabriel Byrne
Samuel Beckett
Aidan Gillen
James Joyce
Sandrine Bonnaire
Suzanne
Fionn O'Shea
Young Samuel
Maxine Peake
Barbara
Bronagh Gallagher
Nora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer Hogg
May Beckett
Caroline Boulton
Sylvia Beach
Gráinne Good
Lucia Joyce
Cillian Hollywood
5 year old Samuel
Patrik Piró
Adam
Léonie Lojkine
Younger Suzanne
Andrew Hefler
Leon
Barry O'Connor
William Beckett
Caleb Johnston-Miller
10 year old Samuel
Robert Aramayo
Alfred Peron
Rebecka Johnston
Woman 1
Szabolcs Kelemen
Prudent
Laurent Winkler
King Gustav
Jenni Bowden
Woman 2
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