Dance First (2023)

11/03/2023History, Drama1h 40m

Think later.

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gabriel Byrne

    Samuel Beckett

  2. Cast 1

    Aidan Gillen

    James Joyce

  3. Cast 1

    Sandrine Bonnaire

    Suzanne

  4. Cast 1

    Fionn O'Shea

    Young Samuel

  5. Cast 1

    Maxine Peake

    Barbara

  6. Cast 1

    Bronagh Gallagher

    Nora Barnacle

  7. Cast 1

    Lisa Dwyer Hogg

    May Beckett

  8. Cast 1

    Caroline Boulton

    Sylvia Beach

  9. Cast 1

    Gráinne Good

    Lucia Joyce

Gabriel Byrne's rather uninspiring portrayal of Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett begins at the ceremony when he collects his cheque then climbs up through the theatre to a cave where he meets himself (in a polo neck) and together they try to decide what to do with the cash! This chat provides the scenario for a retrospective of the man's life. His childhood with a loving father and more distant mother; a life (now played by Fionn O'Shea) in Paris where he encounters the legendary James Joyce (Aiden Gillen) and his dance-loving daughter "Lucia" (Gráinne Good) before the Nazis arrive and he joins t...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $162,919.00

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