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Dalida

  • 20162016
  • PGPG
  • 2h 7m
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Sveva Alviti in Dalida (2016)
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The story of the Egyptian-Italian singer Dalia and her story against life and how she dealt with her problems while she was the most consecrated artist in the history of France.The story of the Egyptian-Italian singer Dalia and her story against life and how she dealt with her problems while she was the most consecrated artist in the history of France.The story of the Egyptian-Italian singer Dalia and her story against life and how she dealt with her problems while she was the most consecrated artist in the history of France.

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  • Director
    • Lisa Azuelos
  • Writers
    • Catherine Rihoit(book Dalida - Mon frère, tu écriras mes mémoires)
    • Orlando(book Dalida - Mon frère, tu écriras mes mémoires)
    • Lisa Azuelos(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Sveva Alviti
    • Riccardo Scamarcio
    • Jean-Paul Rouve
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  • Director
    • Lisa Azuelos
  • Writers
    • Catherine Rihoit(book Dalida - Mon frère, tu écriras mes mémoires)
    • Orlando(book Dalida - Mon frère, tu écriras mes mémoires)
    • Lisa Azuelos(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Sveva Alviti
    • Riccardo Scamarcio
    • Jean-Paul Rouve
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    • 22User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Sveva Alviti
    Sveva Alviti
    • Dalidaas Dalida
    Riccardo Scamarcio
    Riccardo Scamarcio
    • Orlandoas Orlando
    Jean-Paul Rouve
    Jean-Paul Rouve
    • Lucien Morisseas Lucien Morisse
    Niels Schneider
    Niels Schneider
    • Jean Sobieskias Jean Sobieski
    Alessandro Borghi
    Alessandro Borghi
    • Luigi Tencoas Luigi Tenco
    Nicolas Duvauchelle
    Nicolas Duvauchelle
    • Richard Chanfrayas Richard Chanfray
    Valentina Carli
    • Rosy Gigliottias Rosy Gigliotti
    Patrick Timsit
    • Bruno Coquatrixas Bruno Coquatrix
    Vincent Perez
    Vincent Perez
    • Eddie Barclayas Eddie Barclay
    Laurent Bateau
    • Le Psyas Le Psy
    Brenno Placido
    Brenno Placido
    • Lucio Sanierias Lucio Sanieri
    Ercole Alviti
    • Garde du corps 1as Garde du corps 1
    Philippe Blondelle
    • Ami Dalida 1as Ami Dalida 1
    F. Haydee Borelli
    • Giuseppina Gigliottias Giuseppina Gigliotti
    • (as Haydee Borelli)
    Marieke Bouillette
    • Chanteuse cabaret Drap d'Oras Chanteuse cabaret Drap d'Or
    Rose Caprais
    • Présentatrice Drap d'Oras Présentatrice Drap d'Or
    Bertrand Chamerois
    • Ami du dimancheas Ami du dimanche
    Virgile Daudet
    • Ami du dimancheas Ami du dimanche
    • Director
      • Lisa Azuelos
    • Writers
      • Catherine Rihoit(book Dalida - Mon frère, tu écriras mes mémoires)
      • Orlando(book Dalida - Mon frère, tu écriras mes mémoires) (collaboration)
      • Lisa Azuelos(scenario)
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    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 —Lisa Azuelos
    • paris france
    • character name as title
    • france
    • 1950s
    • 1960s
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    • Genres
      • Biography
      • Drama
      • Music
    • Certificate
      • PG
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Second biopic of Dalida after Dalida (2005), in which the star was portrayed by Sabrina Ferilli.
    • Goofs
      The use of lip-syncing during the singing scenes is obvious throughout the movie.
    • Connections
      Features Oscar (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Un Po' d'Amore
      (Nights in White Satin)

      Written by Justin Hayward

      French lyrics by Hubert Ithier

      Performed by Dalida

    User reviews22

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    Top review
    6/10
    Enjoyable, but lacking a lot!
    I really enjoyed watching this movie since I'm a huge fan of Dalida and her music so I really wanted to learn more about her life story through a biographical film like this one. This film however seems to fall short in several aspects, and I will try to list them all here with further explanation.

    First of all, the film spends too much time using flashbacks going between the present, the past, and then to the present/future again, which creates a lot of confusion and makes you wonder, what point in time are we in exactly? Which events happened first? Are we now watching Dalida in the present or the past or something else? Flashbacks can be a great way to tell different parts of a story, but using them in excess like in this film and in such a disorganized way really just brings down the level of enjoyment of watching the film. Considering the film is about 2 hours long, the first 40 minutes or so of the film involved almost non-stop flashbacks between Dalida's attempt of suicide to her past relationship with Luigi Tenco, to her childhood, back to her psychiatrist's office, and back to different events. What is the director's point of view in all this? It just creates confusion and doesn't serve the movie well in my opinion.

    The second point is the choice of cast. Anyone who knows the real Dalida knows that she had a real presence and physical beauty that showed off on and off her stage. The actress who played Dalida did not have any physical resemblance to her and I was not convinced for one moment that I am watching Dalida. It just feels like I'm watching someone "pretending" to be Dalida, almost like an old MTV program where an ordinary person dresses and gets a chance to look like a famous celebrity for one whole day. I can't remember the name of this program now. Dalida for sure did not have such huge mouth with flawed teeth like the actress who played her in the movie, and her eyes were not the same. Her whole face in fact has no physical resemblance. Not much effort was made with makeup to even make her look like Dalida. They changed her hair styles a few times to match Dalida's different styles through different periods of her life and made her wear the same dresses and clothes. That was it! Considering that we were supposedly watching her life story from 1956-1987, I didn't see her face age one bit through almost 30 years of her life. Was she immortal? Not a single wrinkle in her face, eye bags, receding hair line, all makes you wonder if this was just a low-budget production.

    Third: the sex scenes. I really don't understand what is the point of adding so many sex scenes almost with every lover that Dalida was involved in. Is this an erotic movie or an autobiographical drama about the life of a celebrity? I'm not even sure if some of them were factual considering that it is very hard to know such intimate details about a celebrity like what she was doing in bed and with whom.

    Fourth: Anyone who knows the life story of Dalida knows that she spent the first 22 years of her life in Cairo, Egypt (her birth country). Yet, we only saw Dalida's life in Egypt for barely a few minutes as an infant and as a child with her family. What about her adolescence and her life as an adult woman? In reality, Dalida was a rising star and well known person in Egypt thanks to winning the Miss Egypt beauty pageant in 1954, and participating in several films including her main role in the Arabic film Sigara we Kass (A Cigarette and a Glass) by the Egyptian director Niazi Mostafa also in 1954. Why were all these details omitted from the movie?

    To make it even worse, we did not even see the development in her rise to fame in France-only just a very brief instant of how she was invited by Lucien Morisse to sign a contract for his music label. We didn't really see or understand how she left her family and entire life in Egypt, and how she arrived in France initially, or even how she decided to start a life as a singer, considering that she was previously an actress in Egypt.

    Fifth: The music and Dalida's songs in the film. Simply there are too many songs in the film, which don't really serve the plot well. Yes some of them have lyrics which relate to that moment in her life and tell us how she feels or what is going on, but this also makes it difficult to understand the background behind these songs as we often see her singing a song with different events or things going on in her life quite quickly at the same time that the song is playing and without going into enough detail. This also leads me to ask: Is this a drama or a musical? Playing too many songs in the film while watching other events unfold at the same time just makes it shallow and lacking any depth that is important to understand the drama in her life.

    Overall, an enjoyable film to watch, although it is quite shallow with many events unfolding very quickly and many others entirely omitted from the plot.
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    • abul_dahab
    • Apr 22, 2020

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    • Release date
      • September 1, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Germany)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • French
      • Italian
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Tôi Là Dalida
    • Filming locations
      • San Remo, Imperia, Liguria, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Bethsabée Mucho
      • Pathé
      • TF1 Films Production
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,465
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,170
      • Sep 4, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,623,134
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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