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.
Cast
- Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett
- Aidan Gillen as James Joyce
- Sandrine Bonnaire as Suzanne
- Fionn O'Shea as Young Samuel
- Maxine Peake as Barbara
- Bronagh Gallagher as Nora Barnacle
- Lisa Dwyer Hogg as May Beckett
- Caroline Boulton as Sylvia Beach
- Gráinne Good as Lucia Joyce
- Cillian Hollywood as 5 year old Samuel