Dance First
“Think later.”
2023•1h 40m•6.9•Released
HistoryDrama
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
Writer
Neil Forsyth
Revenue
$0M
Languages
French, English
Studio
2LE Media
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
Production
Company
2LE Media
Company
Film Constellation
Company
Proton Cinema
Company
Sky Arts
Company
uMedia
Producer
Michael Livingstone
Producer
Viktória Petrányi
Producer
Tom Thostrup
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