Dance First
2023Parisian 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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Gabriel Byrne
as Samuel Beckett
Aidan Gillen
as James Joyce
Sandrine Bonnaire
as Suzanne
Fionn O'Shea
as Young Samuel
Maxine Peake
as Barbara
Bronagh Gallagher
as Nora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer Hogg
as May Beckett
Caroline Boulton
as Sylvia Beach
Gráinne Good
as Lucia Joyce
Cillian Hollywood
as 5 year old Samuel
Patrik Piró
as Adam
Léonie Lojkine
as Younger Suzanne
Andrew Hefler
as Leon
Barry O'Connor
as William Beckett
Caleb Johnston-Miller
as 10 year old Samuel
Robert Aramayo
as Alfred Peron
Rebecka Johnston
as Woman 1
Szabolcs Kelemen
as Prudent
Laurent Winkler
as King Gustav
Jenni Bowden
as Woman 2
Júlia Szász
as Mania
Francis McBurney
as M
László Aranyossy
as Priest
Ildikó Hidasi
as Lady with dog
Dávid Mester
as Resistance member #3 (uncredited)