

Dance First
Think later.
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.
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
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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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