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.
Samuel Beckett
James Joyce
Suzanne
Young Samuel
Barbara
Nora Barnacle
May Beckett
Sylvia Beach
Lucia Joyce
5 year old Samuel
Adam
Younger Suzanne
Leon
William Beckett
10 year old Samuel
Alfred Peron
Woman 1
Prudent
King Gustav
Woman 2
Mania
M
Priest
Lady with dog
Resistance member #3 (uncredited)
