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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.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Cast
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Gabriel ByrneSamuel Beckett
Aidan GillenJames Joyce
Sandrine BonnaireSuzanne
Fionn O'SheaYoung Samuel
Maxine PeakeBarbara
Bronagh GallagherNora Barnacle
Lisa Dwyer HoggMay Beckett
Caroline BoultonSylvia Beach
Gráinne GoodLucia Joyce
Andrew HeflerLeon
Barry O'ConnorWilliam Beckett
Caleb Johnston-Miller10 year old Samuel
Robert AramayoAlfred Peron
Rebecka JohnstonWoman 1
Laurent WinklerKing Gustav
Júlia SzászMania
Francis McBurneyM
Crew
- Directed by
- James Marsh
- Written by
- Neil Forsyth
- Produced by
- Viktória Petrányi, Tom Thostrup, Michael Livingstone
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Facts
November 3, 2023 · 1 h 40 min · History, Drama
- Released
- November 3, 2023
- Runtime
- 1 h 40 min
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- French
- Made in
- Belgium, Hungary, United Kingdom
- Box office
- $162,919
- Available in
- 12 countries