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Dance First

2023
Directed byJames Marsh
1h 40m

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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Gabriel ByrneSamuel BeckettAidan GillenJames JoyceSandrine Bonnaire
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Suzanne
Fionn O'SheaYoung Samuel
Maxine PeakeBarbara
Bronagh GallagherNora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer HoggMay Beckett
Caroline BoultonSylvia Beach
Gráinne GoodLucia Joyce
Cillian Hollywood5 year old Samuel
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HistoryDrama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.9

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