Dance First (2024)

  • NR
  • 08/09/2024 (US)
  • History, Drama
  • 1h 40m

Think later.

Overview

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.

Neil Forsyth

Screenplay

James Marsh

Director

Cast

Gabriel Byrne's headshot

Gabriel Byrne

Samuel Beckett
Aidan Gillen's headshot

Aidan Gillen

James Joyce
Sandrine Bonnaire's headshot

Sandrine Bonnaire

Suzanne
Fionn O'Shea's headshot

Fionn O'Shea

Young Samuel
Maxine Peake's headshot

Maxine Peake

Barbara
Bronagh Gallagher's headshot

Bronagh Gallagher

Nora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer Hogg's headshot

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

May Beckett
Caroline Boulton's headshot

Caroline Boulton

Sylvia Beach

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