Dance First
(2023)

Released: 2023-11-03

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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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Gabriel Byrne

as Samuel Beckett

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Aidan Gillen

as James Joyce

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Sandrine Bonnaire

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Fionn O'Shea

as Young Samuel

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Maxine Peake

as Barbara

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Bronagh Gallagher

as Nora Barnacle

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Lisa Dwyer Hogg

as May Beckett

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Caroline Boulton

as Sylvia Beach

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Gráinne Good

as Lucia Joyce

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Cillian Hollywood

as 5 year old Samuel

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Patrik Piró

as Adam

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Léonie Lojkine

as Younger Suzanne

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Andrew Hefler

as Leon

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Barry O'Connor

as William Beckett

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Caleb Johnston-Miller

as 10 year old Samuel

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James Marsh

Director

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Neil Forsyth

Screenplay

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Paul Ashton

Executive Producer

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Michael Livingstone

Producer

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Viktória Petrányi

Producer

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Tom Thostrup

Producer

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Fabien Westerhoff

Executive Producer

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Antonio Paladino

Director of Photography

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Laura Mihartescu

First Assistant Director

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Jessica Anna Camacho

Second Assistant Director

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Brigitta Karádi

Unit Manager

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Adam Heisler

Production Manager

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Balázs Bakró

Props

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Orosz Tamás

Set Dresser

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Réka Görgényi

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

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Nóra Koltai

Makeup Designer

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Attila Végh

Hair Designer

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Maya Angelus

Standby Art Director

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Damien Creagh

Production Design

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Olivia Scott-Webb

Casting Director

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