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Dance First

Dance First

2023, Movie, 1h 40min

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.

Country: United Kingdom,Belgium,Hungary

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Sandrine Bonnaire,

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6.0

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Critic Peter Bradshaw

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6

...a very thoughtful, weighted performance from Gabriel Byrne...

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Glenn Kenny

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5

The film itself isn’t too concerned with the work. Given the eventfulness of Beckett’s life, it doesn’t need to be.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

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