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Dance First

Many parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.

Director

James Marsh

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

$24,914

Production

2LE Media,Film Constellation,Proton Cinema,Sky Arts,uMedia

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

Homepage

https://www.magpictures.com/dancefirst/

James Joyce

Samuel Beckett (old)

Barbara

Alfred Peron

Nora

Bronagh Gallagher

Suzanne

Sandrine Bonnaire

Samuel Beckett (young)

William Beckett

Woman 1

Rebecka Johnston

May Beckett

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

Sylvia Beach

Caroline Boulton

Lucia Joyce

King Gustav

Laurent Winkler

Samuel Beckett (age 10)

Caleb Johnston-Miller

Younger Suzanne

Léonie Lojkine

Woman 2

Mania

Leon

Prudent

Szabolcs Kelemen

M

Francis McBurney

Adam

Priest

László Aranyossy

Lady with dog

Samuel Beckett (age 5)

Cillian Hollywood

Resistance member #3

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- [serene music playing]
- [Samuel gasping softly] - Dance First

- [serene music playing] - [Samuel gasping softly]

[breathes deeply] - Dance First

[breathes deeply]

[Inner Sam laughs] - Dance First

[Inner Sam laughs]

"...think later." - Dance First

"...think later."

Well, I... I... I would
agree with you there. - Dance First

Well, I... I... I would agree with you there.

Oh, just let me go. [chuckles] - Dance First

Oh, just let me go. [chuckles]

[breathes deeply] - Dance First

[breathes deeply]

Lucia: ♪ Take a
chance with me! ♪ - Dance First

Lucia: ♪ Take a chance with me! ♪

[Barbara breathing shakily] - Dance First

[Barbara breathing shakily]

Because... up there,
there was hope... - Dance First

Because... up there, there was hope...

And I willed with
everything in me - Dance First

And I willed with everything in me

- Samuel: Hmm?
- [music concludes] - Dance First

- Samuel: Hmm? - [music concludes]

[melancholic music playing] - Dance First

[melancholic music playing]

Because I knew you, - Dance First

Because I knew you,

[pensive music playing] - Dance First

[pensive music playing]

[oxygen mask hisses] - Dance First

[oxygen mask hisses]

- [groans]
- [Samuel grunts] - Dance First

- [groans] - [Samuel grunts]

Well, it won't be long
now for you and me. - Dance First

Well, it won't be long now for you and me.

I like to be out here, - Dance First

I like to be out here,

Walking between the two of
them with your life on your back. - Dance First

Walking between the two of them with your life on your back.

[sighs] Fight, fight, fight. - Dance First

[sighs] Fight, fight, fight.

[chuckles softly] - Dance First

[chuckles softly]

I'm sorry for having to
drag you through all this. - Dance First

I'm sorry for having to drag you through all this.

The most worthwhile part - Dance First

The most worthwhile part

Oh, you're so
cruel to an old man. - Dance First

Oh, you're so cruel to an old man.

The character slip,
Sam. The voice, well, it... - Dance First

The character slip, Sam. The voice, well, it...

There is none of
the other... business. - Dance First

There is none of the other... business.

You used to tell me when
you were going to her. - Dance First

You used to tell me when you were going to her.

You need to trust your
eyes, not the traders. - Dance First

You need to trust your eyes, not the traders.

They'll have called them
French, but they are Italian. - Dance First

They'll have called them French, but they are Italian.

{\an8}[in French] - Dance First

{\an8}[in French]

{\an8}[in French] - Dance First

{\an8}[in French]

[pants] - Dance First

[Samuel pants] - Dance First

- [indistinct chatter]
- [music continues] - Dance First

- [indistinct chatter] - [music continues]

[dramatic music playing] - Dance First

[dramatic music playing]

Set up a scholarship, - Dance First

Set up a scholarship,

[low, mysterious music playing] - Dance First

[low, mysterious music playing]

[in English] I didn't
deserve it. [sighs] - Dance First

[in English] I didn't deserve it. [sighs]

King Gustaf: The
Nobel Prize for Literature - Dance First

King Gustaf: The Nobel Prize for Literature

[whimsical music playing] - Dance First

[whimsical music playing]

So, let us retreat from
these people, from victory. - Dance First

So, let us retreat from these people, from victory.

[Attendee laughing] - Dance First

[Attendee laughing]

You want us to be scratching
in the mud for potatoes again? - Dance First

You want us to be scratching in the mud for potatoes again?

All... all the years of you, - Dance First

All... all the years of you,

Isn't that what we wanted, - Dance First

Isn't that what we wanted,

They are talking about
you as if they know you, - Dance First

They are talking about you as if they know you,

Well... it was very
nice to meet you. - Dance First

Well... it was very nice to meet you.

That is your defense,
Sam, that it is an urn? - Dance First

That is your defense, Sam, that it is an urn?

Were the words not
humiliation enough, - Dance First

Were the words not humiliation enough,

- Pardon.
- [audience laughing] - Dance First

- Pardon. - [audience laughing]

I stopped him and said
that whatever I might feel, - Dance First

I stopped him and said that whatever I might feel,

[laughs] - Dance First

[scoffs] Is there no
end to your sinning? - Dance First

[scoffs] Is there no end to your sinning?

[laughs] - Dance First

Back to that." - Dance First

Barbara: "When he
came again, we had it out." - Dance First

Barbara: "When he came again, we had it out."

[in English] It's too much,
Sam. It's all getting too much! - Dance First

[in English] It's too much, Sam. It's all getting ...

{\an8}[in French] - Dance First

{\an8}[in French]

No, you are who you are, - Dance First

No, you are who you are,

But all you are doing is
moving pain between us. - Dance First

But all you are doing is moving pain between us.

She was the one who
said, "Keep writing," - Dance First

She was the one who said, "Keep writing,"

Because I want her
to have the royalties - Dance First

Because I want her to have the royalties

[music fades] - Dance First

[pensive music playing] - Dance First

[pensive music playing]

What does escape
look like at that time, - Dance First

What does escape look like at that time,

[music concludes] - Dance First

[music concludes]

And I should certainly tell you - Dance First

And I should certainly tell you

It's the place we all go to,
when life drives us there. - Dance First

It's the place we all go to, when life drives us there.

What is this place, this
wasteland where they wait? - Dance First

What is this place, this wasteland where they wait?

[sighs] - Dance First

We'll do a separate
deal with the BBC - Dance First

We'll do a separate deal with the BBC

[footsteps approaching] - Dance First

[footsteps approaching]

[Samuel sighs] - Dance First

[soft music playing] - Dance First

[soft music playing]

[Barbara laughs] - Dance First

[Barbara laughs]

And tell you everything
I love about your work, - Dance First

And tell you everything I love about your work,

Well then, Sam, if, um, - Dance First

Well then, Sam, if, um,

[indistinct chatter] - Dance First

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct chatter] - Dance First

[indistinct chatter]

[soft piano music playing] - Dance First

[soft piano music playing]

[music concludes] - Dance First

[music concludes]

[pensive music playing] - Dance First

[pensive music playing]

He's been dead
for a very long time, - Dance First

He's been dead for a very long time,

You cannot blame
yourself for the war. - Dance First

You cannot blame yourself for the war.

[chuckles] And to think
that I mislaid my faith. - Dance First

[chuckles] And to think that I mislaid my faith.

Who sent Alfy to
that horrible place? - Dance First

Who sent Alfy to that horrible place?

Dance First poster

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Many parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: James Marsh

Writer: Samuel Beckett, Neil Forsyth

Production: 2LE Media,Film Constellation,Proton Cinema,Sky Arts,uMedia

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

BoxOffice: $24,914

Released: 09 Aug 2024

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

Homepage: https://www.magpictures.com/dancefirst/