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Dance First (2023)

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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as Samuel Beckett

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire

as Young Samuel

Bronagh Gallagher

Bronagh Gallagher

as Nora Barnacle

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

Caroline Boulton

Caroline Boulton

as Sylvia Beach

Cillian Hollywood

Cillian Hollywood

as 5 year old Samuel

Léonie Lojkine

as Younger Suzanne

as William Beckett

Caleb Johnston-Miller

Caleb Johnston-Miller

as 10 year old Samuel

as Alfred Peron

Rebecka Johnston

Rebecka Johnston

Szabolcs Kelemen

Szabolcs Kelemen

Laurent Winkler

Laurent Winkler

Francis McBurney

Francis McBurney

László Aranyossy

László Aranyossy

as Lady with dog

as Resistance member #3 (uncredited)

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Antonio Paladino

Antonio Paladino

Director of Photography

Executive Producer

Michael Livingstone

Michael Livingstone

Viktória Petrányi

Viktória Petrányi

Fabien Westerhoff

Fabien Westerhoff

Executive Producer

Laura Mihartescu

Laura Mihartescu

First Assistant Director

Jessica Anna Camacho

Jessica Anna Camacho

Second Assistant Director

Brigitta Karádi

Brigitta Karádi

Makeup Designer

Production Design

Réka Görgényi

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Olivia Scott-Webb

Olivia Scott-Webb

Casting Director

Standby Art Director

Production Manager

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