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Dance First (2023)

12A
03/11/2023 (GB)
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.

  • James MarshDirector
  • Neil ForsythScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Revenue

    $162,919

Keywords

  • poet
  • biography
  • writer
  • novelist
  • recluse
  • philanderer
  • 1900s
  • samuel beckett
  • 20th century

Top Billed 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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