Dance First

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Gabriel Byrne Samuel Beckett

Aidan Gillen James Joyce

Sandrine Bonnaire Suzanne

Fionn O'Shea Young Samuel

Maxine Peake Barbara