Dance First (2023)
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.
Directed by: James Marsh
Top Billed Cast: Francis McBurney, Lisa Dwyer Hogg, Laurent Winkler
Runtime: 100 minutes
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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
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Cillian Hollywood
5 year old Samuel
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Patrik Piró
Adam
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Léonie Lojkine
Younger Suzanne
Andrew Hefler
Leon
Barry O'Connor
William Beckett
Caleb Johnston-Miller
10 year old Samuel
Robert Aramayo
Alfred Peron
Rebecka Johnston
Woman 1
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Szabolcs Kelemen
Prudent
Laurent Winkler
King Gustav
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Jenni Bowden
Woman 2
Júlia Szász
Mania
Francis McBurney
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László Aranyossy
Priest
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Ildikó Hidasi
Lady with dog
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Dávid Mester
Resistance member #3 (uncredited)
