Dance First
In Dance First, Gabriel Byrne plays Samuel Beckett (young Beckett played by Fionn O’Shea) in a sweeping account of the life of this 20th century icon. Parisian bon vivant, World War II resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts and in this playful film we see his life through his mistakes and fraught relationships with James Joyce (Aidan Gillen), his wife Suzanne (Sandrine Bonnaire) and his lover Barbara Bray (Maxine Peake).
- Festival
- Cardiff 2024
- Title
- Dance First
- Entry Category
- Single Drama (Screen)
- Produced By
- Sky and Film Constellation in association with Sky Arts and 2LE Media Productions in co-production with Constellation Productions and UMedia and in association with Proton Cinema and uFund
- Producer
- Michael Livingstone and Tom Thostrup
- Directed By
- James Marsh
- Writer
- Neil Forsyth