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Score: 70%( 23 votes )

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
Samuel Beckett

Aidan Gillen
James Joyce

Sandrine Bonnaire
Suzanne

Fionn O'Shea
Young Samuel

Maxine Peake
Barbara

Bronagh Gallagher
Nora Barnacle

Lisa Dwyer Hogg
May Beckett

Caroline Boulton
Sylvia Beach

Gráinne Good
Lucia Joyce

Cillian Hollywood
5 year old Samuel

Patrik Piró
Adam

Léonie Lojkine
Younger Suzanne

Andrew Hefler
Leon

Barry O'Connor
William Beckett

Caleb Johnston-Miller
10 year old Samuel

Robert Aramayo
Alfred Peron

Rebecka Johnston
Woman 1

Szabolcs Kelemen
Prudent

Laurent Winkler
King Gustav

Jenni Bowden
Woman 2

Júlia Szász
Mania

Francis McBurney
M

László Aranyossy
Priest

Ildikó Hidasi
Lady with dog

Dávid Mester
Resistance member #3 (uncredited)