If I Fall, Don’t Pick Me Up

German theatre director Walter D. Asmus worked closely with Samuel Beckett for the last fifteen years of the Irish author’s life, culminating, in 1988, in what has come to be regarded as the definitive version of Beckett’s landmark play En attendant Godot. Reflecting on the depth of their connection through the written communications Beckett sent to Asmus, and the annotated theatre notes developed as Asmus directed Beckett’s work, the film considers what remains through time of a legacy built on performance and interpretation. When the original actors have departed the stage, what will remain?