Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 07/22/2008
Distributor/Studio: Monarch Video
The life story of French-Canadian
pop diva
Céline Dion is familiar enough to render itself almost iconic. The child of an economically strained family in Québec (with 13 brothers and sisters),
Dion began to evince vocal artistry at age five, singing in the piano bar owned by her parents. At the age of 12,
Dion both authored and sang her own original tune,
"Ce N'était qu'un Rêve", which she recorded in a studio with assist from her parents; they promptly shipped the demo tape off to Euro music producer
René Angelil, who - as soon as he heard it - reportedly mortgaged his house to finance
Dion's first two albums, then aggressively helped
Dion remake her physical image to turn her into an international
pop star
á la Michael Jackson. When followed by a win in the 1988 Eurovision song contest a series of blockbuster recordings (including the title track to
Disney's
Beauty and the Beast) the efforts indeed paid off by rocketing her to the status of one of the most popular - and obscenely lucrative - music acts in the history of the recording industry. In the mean time, she also fell in love with, then married,
Angelil. As directed by
Jeff Woolnough, the Canadian telemovie
Céline presents a dramatization of the chanteuse's rise to glory; it was created without the participation, authorization or endorsement of
Dion.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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