And Celine Dion became "
Aline Dieu
".
On the set of "Quotidien" Monday evening, Valérie Lemercier presented the first images of her film
Aline,
a "
fiction freely inspired by the life of Celine Dion
" in theaters on November 18.
This teaser can be found on the MyTF1 site.
According to these first images,
Aline will
retrace the journey of Aline Dieu - a way not to name Celine Dion - since her modest childhood in the Quebec countryside, alongside thirteen brothers and sisters.
Prodigy of technology, the face of Valérie Lemercier is transposed on a small Aline more real than life.
Those close to her know it, this child is gifted with a prodigious voice.
"
Mom has a big project in her head ... it's you,
" someone (her father?) Slips her at the start of the video.
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These childhood dreams come true when Aline / Céline makes a decisive meeting.
That of René Angélil, impresario who would become her husband.
Interpreted by Sylvain Marcel, he will bear the first name of Guy-Claude here.
When he asks her the fateful question - "
do you think you could sing for me?"
», The fate of the young girl changes.
She made her first appearances on stage, and very quickly, met her audience.
The pace of the images accelerates, as if taken in the whirlwind of success.
Aline / Céline gives concerts on the most prestigious stages in the world, is the guest of great American talk shows, tastes the splendor of a star life ... Follow the births of her children, and inevitable worries of health by pulling on the vocal cords.
Valérie Lemercier retraces this extraordinary itinerary with apparently a lot of tenderness for an artist whom she sincerely admires.
"First degree"
The director, who also plays the main role in her film, has studied the singer's special look by attending her concerts.
She defends herself here from any form of derision.
“
It's first degree.
I love her, I'm not making fun of her,
she explained on the set of
Daily
.
I know she wants to see the movie.
I hope it lives up to its expectations
”.
It remains to be seen if the interpreter of
So that you still love me will
dub the performance of singer Victoria Sio, who had the heavy task of being
Aline's
sung voice
.
During the sequences on stage, Valérie Lemercier looks in any case to be mistaken for the Canadian star.
Long straight hair, outfits with rhinestones, arms and throats deployed ... Everything is there.
“
I tried to embody it, to embody its body, its gestures,
explains the unforgettable Béatrice Goulard de Montmirail of the
Visitors
.
Céline Dion has a very particular way of moving, a kind of joie de vivre that I don't have that much.
She sends, she's a beast of the stage!
"
This makes you want to shout "
Aline
" so that this funny lookalike can quickly come to light on the big screen.
