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Dalida

Dalida

20176.72h 4m

Overview

Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.

Directed by Lisa Azuelos
Written by Orlando, Jacques Pessis, Catherine Rihoit
Produced by Romain Le Grand, Gilles Waterkeyn, Bastien Sirodot
Box Office0Revenue: $3K

Top Cast

Sveva Alviti

Sveva Alviti

Iolanda Gigliotti, aka "Dalida"

Riccardo Scamarcio

Riccardo Scamarcio

Bruno Gigliotti, aka "Orlando"

Jean-Paul Rouve

Jean-Paul Rouve

Lucien Morrise

Niels Schneider

Niels Schneider

Jean Sobieski

Alessandro Borghi

Alessandro Borghi

Luigi Tenco

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Richard Chanfray

Valentina Carli

Valentina Carli

Rosy Gigliotti

Patrick Timsit

Patrick Timsit

Bruno Coquatrix

Vincent Perez

Vincent Perez

Eddie Barclay

Michaël Cohen

Michaël Cohen

Arnaud Desjardins

Themes & Keywords

biographywoman director

About Dalida

Dalida is a music, drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of biography, woman director. Directed by Lisa Azuelos, it stars Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve. Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.

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