Dance First (2023)

Dance First (2023)

Think later. 2023-11-03 Belgium, Hungary, United Kingdom 100 Min. PG-13
7.9 16 votes

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.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne is Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Aidan Gillen is James Joyce
James Joyce
Fionn O'Shea is Young Samuel
Young Samuel
Maxine Peake is Barbara
Bronagh Gallagher is Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer Hogg is May Beckett
May Beckett
Caroline Boulton is Sylvia Beach
Sylvia Beach
Gráinne Good is Lucia Joyce
Lucia Joyce
Cillian Hollywood is 5 year old Samuel
5 year old Samuel
Léonie Lojkine is Younger Suzanne
Younger Suzanne