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Dance First

54 %|Nov 3, 2023|History, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

James Marsh
Director
Neil Forsyth
Screenplay
Paul Ashton
Executive Producer
Michael Livingstone
Producer
Viktória Petrányi
Producer
Tom Thostrup
Producer
Fabien Westerhoff
Executive Producer
Antonio Paladino
Director of Photography

Cast

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Gabriel Byrne
Samuel Beckett
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Aidan Gillen
James Joyce
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Fionn O'Shea
Young Samuel
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Bronagh Gallagher
Nora Barnacle
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Lisa Dwyer Hogg
May Beckett
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Caroline Boulton
Sylvia Beach
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Gráinne Good
Lucia Joyce
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Cillian Hollywood
5 year old Samuel
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Léonie Lojkine
Younger Suzanne
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Barry O'Connor
William Beckett
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Caleb Johnston-Miller
10 year old Samuel