Film review: Dance First is a Beckett biopic that's no deadener

"Beckett aficionados will likely wish for more insight into the author’s craft and the business of transferring that singular mind to the page, but this potted biography is largely concerned with Beckett’s personal relationships, and how they might have come to colour his work."
Film review: Dance First is a Beckett biopic that's no deadener

Dance First: A Life Of Samuel Beckett: The film charts the Irish writer Samuel Beckett’s life, from his time as a fighter for the French Resistance during the Second World War to his literary rise to winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1969. Starring Gabriel Byrne and Aidan Gillen.

  • Dance First 
  • ★★★★☆
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