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Think later.

Dance First

6.920231h 40m

HistoryDrama

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

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CAST

The people behind the story

Gabriel Byrne

Gabriel ByrneSamuel Beckett

Aidan Gillen

Aidan GillenJames Joyce

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine BonnaireSuzanne

Fionn O'Shea

Fionn O'SheaYoung Samuel

Maxine Peake

Maxine PeakeBarbara

Bronagh Gallagher

Bronagh GallagherNora Barnacle

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

Lisa Dwyer HoggMay Beckett

Caroline Boulton

Caroline BoultonSylvia Beach