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Dalida

2017 · 124 min

A sweeping, sorrowful rise-and-fall biopic that immerses you in glittering stages and private despair, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by
Lisa Azuelos
Genres
Music, Drama
Starring
Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve
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.

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Directed by
Lisa Azuelos
Genres
Music, Drama
Starring
Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • identity
  • obsession
  • fate
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
music, drama
Directed by
Lisa Azuelos
Written by
Lisa Azuelos
Starring
Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve, Niels Schneider, Alessandro Borghi, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Valentina Carli, Patrick Timsit
Music
Jean-Claude Petit
Cinematography
Antoine Sanier
Runtime
124 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French, Italian, English

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