Dalida: brother Orlando upset by the main actress during the first viewing of the film

Dalida has marked the heart of the French and its history will be to be discovered this evening from 21:05 onwards TF1 movie series. For this occasion, TV star unveiled on Sunday 6 November 2022 behind the scenes of the film. From casting to first viewing, the singer’s brother Orlando was pleasantly surprised.

Sunday evening is sacred to the French. This last moment before starting a new week is shared with the family and often in front of a good movie. Sunday 6 November 2022 TF1 movie series bet on the biopic of a singing star. The film Dalida will therefore be discovered from 21.05 with, on the poster, Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve and Patrick Timsit. Released in cinemas in 2016, the making of this biopic was closely followed Orlando, the brother of the singer. At the time, he wanted to ensure the correctness of the script, as well as the role of the actors, and for good reason. The story of her sister is also hers as she worked closely with Dalida. This film could never have seen the light.. Faced with unsatisfactory scripts and directors, Orlando wanted to abandon the production of the feature film.

“I am Dalida”

It’s an unexpected encounter that will ultimately change the course of things, he reports TV star Sunday 6 November 2022. Julien Madon, the producer of Dalida, brings together Lisa Azuelos and Orlando. The director will grant it to him supervise the script and to make the final decision on the choice of actors to play him and his sister. The challenge is accepted, all that remains is to find the leading actress. During an audition Lisa Azuelos discovered Sveva Alviti, an Italian actress who did not speak French.

During the audition, after singing, in front of the director, he said: “I am Dalida”. “I say”answered Lisa Azuelos. In reverse, Orlando will take longer to be fascinated by the actress. Eventually, during the first viewing, she falls in shock. “I took it in the face. It’s hard to see your own life go by like this, especially since Dalida wasn’t just my sister, I worked with her, we walked most of the way together, I was the witness of its history, I became the keeper of its memory “. On the set he also told the young woman that he now had a new little sister!