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Dance First
Directed by
James Marsh
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.
The story
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 ByrneSamuel Beckett
Aidan GillenJames Joyce
Sandrine BonnaireSuzanne
Fionn O'SheaYoung Samuel
Maxine PeakeBarbara
Bronagh GallagherNora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer HoggMay Beckett
Caroline BoultonSylvia Beach
Gráinne GoodLucia Joyce
Cillian Hollywood5 year old Samuel
Patrik PiróAdam
Léonie LojkineYounger Suzanne
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Andrew HeflerLeon
Barry O'ConnorWilliam Beckett
Caleb Johnston-Miller10 year old Samuel
Robert AramayoAlfred Peron
Rebecka JohnstonWoman 1
Szabolcs KelemenPrudent
Laurent WinklerKing Gustav
Jenni BowdenWoman 2
Júlia SzászMania
Francis McBurneyM
László AranyossyPriest
Ildikó HidasiLady with dog
Dávid MesterResistance member #3 (uncredited)
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