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Dance First

Directed by James Marsh
2023    1h 40m
Biography, Drama, History
6.356%
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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.
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Cast of Dance First
  • Gabriel ByrneSamuel Beckett
  • Aidan GillenJames Joyce
  • Sandrine Bonnaire
  • 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
  • Andrew HeflerLeon
  • Barry O'ConnorWilliam Beckett
  • Caleb Johnston-Miller10 year old Samuel
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