film profile], which was presented out of competition at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, is actually a pleasant surprise which rather expertly sidesteps the trap of hagiography by loosely adapting the life of the Quebecker singer-songwriter, but also by charting the road travelled by Aline Dieu, thereby reinventing the woman behind the icon Céline Dion.
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It all begins with an extraordinary family comprising 14 children, of whom Aline (born in 1968) is the youngest and all of whom make music. They form the Dieu orchestra who perform on stage and whose youngest member soon becomes their hugely popular mascot on account of her beautiful voice. At 12 years of age (after sending off demo tapes in the post), she is taken under the wing of producer Guy-Claude (
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