Gabriel Byrne is Samuel Beckett in the Dance First trailer

Literary genius Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts: Parisian bon vivant, WWII Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband, recluse. But despite all the adulation that came his way, he was a man acutely aware of his own failings. 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, the film stars Gabriel Byrne, Fionn O’Shea, Maxine Peake, Robert Aramayo and Aidan Gillen.

Magnolia Pictures will release DANCE FIRST only in US cinemas on August 9th, 2024 and On Digital August 16th, 2024