This is a biopic of Irish writer Samuel Beckett (Gabriel Byrne, Fionn O'Shea). This starts with his domineering volatile mother. He has a complicated relationship with his mentor James Joyce (Aidan Gillen) especially with James' daughter Lucia Joyce. He meets Suzanne and participates in the French resistance against the Nazis. I don't know that much about Samuel Beckett other than Waiting for Godot. Even there, I don't know that much about that. Essentially, I'm coming into this blind. There are stuff here, but maybe it should distill his life into one thing. In that sense, Lucia could be more than his Rosebud. That part could be the whole movie. This is more for Beckett fans who want his work being transformed onto the screen.

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