List of Dalida music in motion pictures and TV

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Dalida was a French singer, actress, dancer and record producer. Her songs have often appeared as soundtrack in movies and TV series, sometimes her originals, and sometimes covers.

The following Dalida songs have appeared in the formentioned motion pictures or TV series during and after her life:

YearMotion pictureSongsDirectorRef
1959 Girls for the Mambo-Bar "Am Tag, als der Regen kam" Wolfgang Glück
1977Dalida pour toujoursPrincipal singer on entire soundtrackMichel Dumoulin [1]
1979 Série noire "Le Lambeth Walk" Alain Corneau [2]
1984La Triche"Fini, la comédie" and "Je suis toutes les femmes" Yannick Bellon [3]
1991 Hors la vie (a.k.a. " Out of Life ")"Salma ya salama" Maroun Bagdadi [4]
1994 Mina Tannenbaum "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans"Martine Dugowson [5]
1995 Gazon Maudit (a.k.a. "French Twist")"Histoire d'un amour" Josiane Balasko [6]
1995PigalleUnknown Karim Dridi [7]
1996Pédale douce"Bambino", "Salma ya salama" and "Je suis toutes les femmes" Gabriel Aghion [8]
1996Un Air de Famille (a.k.a. "Family Resemblances" (US))"Come prima" Cédric Klapisch [9]
1997 On connaît la chanson

a.k.a. " Same Old Song " (US)

"Paroles, paroles" Alain Resnais [10]
1997Mémoires d'immigrés, l'héritage maghrébin"Helwa ya baladi" Yamina Benguigui [11]
1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

a.k.a. "La fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais" (France) a.k.a. "Soldier's Daughter Never Cries" (Australia: TV title)

"Ciao amore ciao" James Ivory [12]
1999Novios"Gigi l'Amoroso" Joaquín Oristrell [13]
1999Recto/Verso"Paroles, paroles"Jean-Marc Longval [14]
1999Tontaine et Tonton"Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" and "Gigi l'amoroso" Tonie Marshall [15]
1999Un pont entre deux rives a.k.a. "The Bridge"Unknown Gérard Depardieu [16]
2001Souffle"Buenas noches mi amor"Muriel Coulin and Delphine Coulin [17]
2001Mauvais genres

a.k.a. "Transfixed" (Canada: English title: festival title) (US) a.k.a. "Bad Genres" (International: English title: festival title) a.k.a. "Gender Bias" (US)

"Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" Francis Girod [18]
2001 Absolument fabuleux "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" Gabriel Aghion [19]
2001C'est la vie"Darla dirladada" Jean-Pierre Améris [20]
2001Paroles de Bibs"Paroles, paroles"Jocelyne Lemaire-Darnaud [21]
20XXLa Bonne Addresse"Pezzettini di bikini" Gary Goldman [22]
2002 L'Adversaire a.k.a. " The Adversary ""Histoire d'un amour" Nicole Garcia [23]
2003Perduto Amor"Itsi bitsi petit bikini" Franco Battiato [24]
2005 Dalida Principal singer on entire soundtrackJoyce Buñuel [25]
2005L'un reste, l'autre part"Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" Claude Berri [26]
2005 The Secret Life of Words (International: English title) (UK) (US)

a.k.a. " La vida secreta de las palabras " (Spain) a.k.a. " La vida secreta de les paraules " (Spain: Catalan title)

"Histoire d'un amour" Isabel Coixet [27]
2006 OSS 117, Le Caire nid d'espions

a.k.a. " OSS 117, Nest of Spies "

"Bambino"Michel Hazanavicius [28]
2007Michou D'Auber"Bambino"Thomas Gilou [29]
2007L'Ennemi intime

a.k.a. "Intimate Enemies" (Canada: English title)

"Come prima" Florent Emilio Siri [30]
2008Mesrine : L'Instinct de mort"Romantica" and "La Danse de Zorba" Jean-François Richet [31]
2010Les Amours Imaginaires (Canada: Original title)

a.k.a. "Heartbeats" (US) (Europe: English title: festival title)

a.k.a. Fantastikes agapes (Greece: Greek title) a.k.a. Love, Imagined (International: English title)

"Bang Bang" Xavier Dolan [32]
2011 Les femmes du 6è étage (France: Original title)

a.k.a. "Las chicas de la 6ª planta" (Spanish title) a.k.a. "The Women on the 6th Floor" (English title) a.k.a. "Service Entrance"

"Itsi bitsi petit bikini"Philippe Le Guay [33]
2011Le Skylab"Bambino" Julie Delpy [34]
2014 Apprenti Gigolo "La Violetera" and "Le Torrent" John Turturro [35]
2017 Dalida Principal singer on entire soundtrack Lisa Azuelos [36]
2018Love Addict"Monday, Tuesday...Laissez-moi danser"Frank Bellocq
2021 No Time to Die "Dans la ville endormie"Cary Joji Fukunaga

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References

  1. Dalida pour toujours. IMDb. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. Série noire. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  3. La Triche. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. Hors la vie. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  5. Mina Tannenbaum. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  6. Gazon maudit. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  7. Pigalle. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  8. Pédale douce. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  9. Un Air de Famille. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  10. On connaît la chanson. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  11. Mémoires d'immigrés, l'héritage maghrébin. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  12. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  13. Novios. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  14. Recto/Verso. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  15. Tontaine et Tonton. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  16. Un pont entre deux rives. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  17. Souffle. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  18. Mauvais genres. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  19. Absolument fabuleux. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  20. C'est la vie. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  21. Paroles de Bibs. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  22. Dalida Official Website, Filmography. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  23. L'Adversaire. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  24. Perduto Amor. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  25. Dalida: TV mini-series. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  26. Dalida: L'un reste, l'autre part. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  27. The Secret Life of Words. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  28. OSS 117, Le Caire nid d'espions. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  29. Michou D'Auber. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  30. L'Ennemi intime. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  31. Mesrine : L'Instinct de mort. IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  32. Heartbeats. IMDb. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  33. Las chicas de la 6ª planta. IMDb. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  34. Le Skylab. IMDb. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  35. Dalida in Fading Gigolo soundtrack. IMDb. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  36. Dalida: 2017 movie. IMDb. Retrieved 27 May 2018.