Celine Dion’s biopic “Aline” changes genre as star herself plays singer aged five to 50 – Special preview

Five-year-old Aline’s face is strangely mature and jagged as she crawls under a table at a family wedding to throw a song at the beginning of the film of the same name. French comedian and actress Valerie Lemercier, 58, wrote, directed and starred in the film Aline and her head was modified on her body with special effects in this scene. Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films will open “Celine Dion’s Life-inspired Fiction” in the US this weekend.

Lemercier, the big star in France, won the best actress award at the César Awards for the film in February., Where she gives the Canadian pop idol the atmosphere of Kristen Wiig. Alini The premiere took place in Cannes last year without a competition. Production in the United States was initially postponed to January.

The story is told by Aline Die, the youngest of 14 children of a French-Canadian working and musical couple, a kind of older and poorer Von Trapp family. Her voice takes her from a local phenomenon to a superstar of world music and to two great love stories: with her manager and husband René Angelil (who died in 2016); And with her fans. In the film, Karam is called Guy-Claude Camar and is played by Sylvain Marcel.

“A biopic is a standard Hollywood cliché, which by definition is normal,” said Howard Cohen. Traveling co-chair. “It’s quirky, in a good way. We weren’t expecting this in Cannes, but we were struck by the unique treatment of this topic. “

It opens in 15 markets with 61 screens and will jump to 150-200 next week: a mix of art house for foreign languages ​​and multiplex for Celine Dion fans. “The public who love him and also go to French cinema? It should have some overlap. But I don’t know if they would go there [Dion fans] “If they had never been in a movie,” Cohen said. “We have modest expectations, but I think the positive is due to Celine.”

Parasite Y the worst person in the world Younger demos for foreign language films were coming out. But Celine isn’t particularly young. Titanic And its Oscar-winning theme song was released in 1997. “My Heart Will Go On” is one of the many pieces of music played by Lemercier Alini in the film, voiced by Victoria Sio.

Cohen said older slow-returning audiences “should come back” with the films they wanted to see. “I wonder how this happens. I wonder how Downton Abbey 2 works. It’s going to be a big rubicon. Focus feature releases Downton Abbey: a new era May, 20th.

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