Film

Dance First

2023 · 1h 40m · History · Drama

Think later.

IMDb

6.0

Rotten Tomatoes

43%

Metacritic

46

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.

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

• James MarshDirector
• Neil ForsythScreenplay
• Michael LivingstoneProducer
• Viktória PetrányiProducer
• Tom ThostrupProducer
• Paul AshtonExecutive Producer
• Fabien WesterhoffExecutive Producer
• Antonio PaladinoDirector of Photography
• David CharapEditor

Official US TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

November 3, 2023

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

M

Revenue

$162,919

Genres

History, Drama

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