Top billed cast

1. 

   Gabriel Byrne

   Samuel Beckett

2. 

   Aidan Gillen

   James Joyce

3. 

   Sandrine Bonnaire

   Suzanne

4. 

   Fionn O'Shea

   Young Samuel

5. 

   Maxine Peake

   Barbara

6. 

   Bronagh Gallagher

   Nora Barnacle

7. 

   Lisa Dwyer Hogg

   May Beckett

8. 

   Caroline Boulton

   Sylvia Beach

9. 

   Gráinne Good

   Lucia Joyce

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-11-04

Gabriel Byrne's rather uninspiring portrayal of Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett begins at the ceremony when he collects his cheque then climbs up through the theatre to a cave where he meets himself (in a polo neck) and together they try to decide what to do with the cash! This chat provides the scenario for a retrospective of the man's life. His childhood with a loving father and more distant mother; a life (now played by Fionn O'Shea) in Paris where he encounters the legendary James Joyce (Aiden Gillen) and his dance-loving daughter "Lucia" (Gráinne Good) before the Nazis arrive and he joins ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$162,919.00

Keywords

• poet
• biography
• writer
• novelist
• recluse
• philanderer
• 1900s
• samuel beckett
• 20th century