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Dance First

Dance First (2023)★ 6.1/10

GB · 100 min · September 30, 2023

  • Drama
  • Biography

Directed by: James Marsh

Written by: Samuel Beckett, Neil Forsyth

Many parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.

Directed by

James Marsh

Written by

Samuel BeckettNeil Forsyth

Cast & crew

Maxine PeakeBarbaraAidan GillenJames JoyceRobert AramayoAlfred PeronGabriel ByrneSamuel Beckett (old)Barry O'ConnorWilliam BeckettBronagh GallagherNoraSandrine BonnaireSuzanneFionn O'SheaSamuel Beckett (young)Lisa Dwyer HoggMay BeckettRebecka JohnstonWoman 1Caroline BoultonSylvia BeachAndrew HeflerLeonJúlia SzászManiaGráinne GoodLucia JoyceLaurent WinklerKing GustavCaleb Johnston-MillerSamuel Beckett (age 10)Léonie LojkineYounger SuzanneFrancis McBurneyMSzabolcs KelemenPrudentJenni BowdenWoman 2Ildikó HidasiLady with dogPatrik PiróAdamCillian HollywoodSamuel Beckett (age 5)László AranyossyPriest (creditOnly)Dávid MesterResistance member #3 (uncredited)