Dance First

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.

Details

Cast

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

Cillian Hollywood

5 year old Samuel

Patrik Piró

Adam

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

Szabolcs Kelemen

Prudent

Laurent Winkler

King Gustav

Jenni Bowden

Woman 2