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.

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Director

James Marsh

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

Aidan Gillen

Sandrine Bonnaire

Fionn O'Shea

Maxine Peake

Bronagh Gallagher

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

Caroline Boulton

Gráinne Good

Cillian Hollywood

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