Dance First
"Think later."
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.
Directed by James Marsh
Written by Neil Forsyth
Produced by: Paul Ashton, Tom Thostrup, Michael Livingstone
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