''Dalida'' is a 2005 French-Italian two-part television film directed by Joyce Buñuel. The film is about the life of Italian-French singer and actress

Dalida Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti (; 17 January 1933 – 3 May 1987), professionally known as Dalida (, ; ), was an Italian naturalized French singer and actress. Leading an international career, Dalida has sold over 140 million records worldwide. Some ...

Plot

The series deals with French-Italian singer

, from her birth to Italian parents in

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, to her long and successful singing career in Europe, Asia, America and Africa, until her tragic death in

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Cast

* Sabrina Ferilli as Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, also known as

* Charles Berling as Lucien Morisse * Michel Jonasz as Bruno Coquatrix * Christopher Lambert as Richard Chanfray *

Arnaud Giovaninetti Arnaud Giovaninetti (3 July 1967 – 25 January 2018) was a French actor. His father Reynald was a composer. Born in Amiens in 1967, Arnaud Giovaninetti was raised in Amiens and attended the and CNSAD. He was married to actress Judith d'Aleazzo ...

as Bruno / Orlando * Alessandro Gassman as Luigi Tenco * as Rosy * as *

Carole Richert Carole Richert (born 28 September 1967) is a French actress. She studied at the CNSAD, National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Paris. She played Marie-France in the series '' Clem (TV series), Clem'', broadcast on TF1. Personal life Richert ...

as Solange * Stephan Spassov as Claudio * as Eddie Barclay * Marie-Noëlle Bordeaux as Peppina * Guillaume Adam as The receptionist * Roberto Bestazzoni as Mario, an Italian producer * Jeff Bigot as journalist at the wedding * Bruno Delahaye as The casting director * as Andréa * Silvana Gasparini as Dalida's sister-in-law * as Matouk * as Orlando the Elder * as The maid in

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* as Paulo de Sena * as The taxi driver * Nikolai Urumov as Pietro Gilliotti * as Pascal Sevran * Pascal Lopez as The bar man

References

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* French biographical drama films French drama television films 2005 television films 2005 films Biographical films about singers Dalida Films shot in Bulgaria Cultural depictions of Dalida 2000s French films Films set in Paris {{2000s-France-film-stub