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Aline is a 2021 musical comedy-drama film co-written, directed by and starring Valérie Lemercier.[3] A fictionalized portrayal of the life of Céline Dion, Lemercier plays "Aline Dieu", a Canadian singer who rises to international superstardom.[4]

Aline
French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Valérie Lemercier
Written by	Brigitte Buc Valérie Lemercier
Produced by	Sidonie Dumas Alice Girard Édouard Weil
Starring	Valérie Lemercier Roc Lafortune Danielle Fichaud Sylvain Marcel
Cinematography	Laurent Dailland
Edited by	Jean-François Elie
Production companies	Rectangle Productions Gaumont TF1 Films Production De L'Huile Caramel Film Belga Productions
Distributed by	Gaumont (France) Maison 4:3 (Canada)
Release dates	13 July 2021 (2021-07-13) (Cannes) 10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) (France) 26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) (Canada)
Running time	128 minutes
Countries	France Canada
Languages	French English
Budget	€23.6 million[1] (≈ $25.3 million)
Box office	$11.1 million[2]

Lemercier plays Aline at every stage of her life from childhood through to middle age, with her body and face digitally adjusted for age-appropriateness in post-production.[5] However, her singing is performed by French singer Victoria Sio.[6]

Aline had its world premiere on 13 July 2021 at the Cannes Film Festival, and was released in France on 10 November 2021 by Gaumont, and in Canada on 26 November 2021 by Maison 4:3. It received mixed reviews from the critics and earned four nominations at the 47th Annual César Awards, including Best Film, and with Lemercier winning for Best Actress.

Plot

Anglomard and Silvette Dieu are working class parents raising 13 children in their household in Quebec, Canada. Aline Dieu, named after a song from Christophe, becomes the 14th and youngest child to be born.

The Dieu family share the same love for music which is passed on to a young, but timid Aline growing up. Realizing that she wants to become a professional singer, Silvette decides to make Aline’s dream come true by composing her first song with the help of her eldest son. The demo was then sent to Guy-Klaude Kamar, a record manager who managed one of the family’s favorite singers, and were asked to see him in his office. Guy-Klaude is amazed by Aline’s singing voice and is determined to make her one of the biggest artist in the world.

Aline earns immediate success as a young artist in her home province and gains attention in France. As Aline becomes a young adult, she is forced to take a long break by her manager in order for her image and music to mature. Aline begins to grow romantic feelings for Guy-Klaude as she resumes touring, causing Silvette to have suspicions. After winning a European song contest in Dublin, Aline expresses her feelings to Guy-Klaude and the two pursue a private romantic relationship. Their relationship is met with anger by Silvette due the their age gap and Guy-Klaude’s previous relationship status, but comes to terms with it despite that she had threatened to fire him if he pursues.

Aline performs ‘Pour que tu m'aimes encore’ at a talk show and was asked by the host about who the song was about, but decided not to say anything. Guy-Klaude proposes to Aline while on tour and they later marry. While the newlyweds try for a baby through IVF, Aline injures her voice while performing ‘All by Myself’ and is forced to not sing or speak for about three months. Aline receives a demo of ‘My Heart Will Go On’ and, although not originally amused, decides to record the song after being convinced by her husband. She then meets Fred, a French makeup artist and designer, and chooses to work with him after a successful performance at a movie awards show. After a series of failed IVF treatments, Aline gives birth to her first son, Junior, and then twin boys years later. Aline deals with the ups and downs of international superstardom and the tabloids while being a wife and a mother of three boys.

Guy-Klaude becomes ill with a terminal illness and dies. Aline decides to take a walk through Las Vegas while unrecognized in order to cope with her grief. Fred and others begin to worry about her whereabouts as she is due to perform at a Las Vegas hotel that same night. Aline makes it and performs ‘Ordinaire’.

Cast

• Valérie Lemercier as Aline Dieu (Céline Dion)
  • Victoria Sio as Aline's singing voice
• Roc Lafortune as Anglomard Dieu (Adhémar Dion)
• Danielle Fichaud as Sylvette Dieu (Thérèse Dion)
• Sylvain Marcel as Guy-Claude Kamar (René Angélil)
• Antoine Vézina as Jean-Bobin Dieu
• Pascale Desrochers as Pascale Dieu
• Jean-Noël Brouté as Fred
• Sonia Vachon as Martine Lévêque
• Alain Zouvi as Docteur Lablanchette
• Yves Jacques as TV presenter

Release

The film premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere in November 2021.[6]

In advance of its Canadian release, the Dion family spoke out against the film, criticizing it for factual inaccuracies and for portraying their family as "a gang of Bougons".[7] The film was approved by Dion's manager;[3] Dion herself has not spoken about it publicly to date, although Lemercier has claimed that Dion's son René-Charles reached out to her to request a private viewing.[6]

Reception

Box office

Aline grossed $667,308 in the United States and Canada[8] and $10.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $11.2 million,[2] against a production budget of about $25.3 million.[1]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 58% of 78 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.50/10. The website's consensus reads, "An unforgettable blend of the conventional and the singularly strange, Aline is definitely odd, but it's also oddly entertaining."[9] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews."[10] On AlloCiné, the film holds an average rating of 4.1/5 based on 35 press reviews.[11] Kyle Buchanan of The New York Times opined that Lemercier's decision to play the character throughout her life was the strangest aspect of the film:

"Shrunk to Hobbit size and Facetuned into near-oblivion, Lemercier scampers, preens and unnerves. I’ve never seen anything quite like it: Not PEN15, not John C. Reilly at the beginning of Walk Hard, not even a fully grown Martin Short playing a psychotic 10-year-old in Clifford. As a cinematic presence, Preteen Aline looks less like our main character and more like she’s ready to terrorize Vera Farmiga in the next Conjuring movie. Why didn’t they just cast an actual kid? I’m told that as a French comedian, Lemercier has often played children, but 'Aline' takes this shtick several steps too far: The movie is like Bohemian Rhapsody if they shrank Rami Malek and made him play his own teeth. Have you seen those Twitter prompts that ask you to reimagine a classic film with one character replaced by a Muppet? Aline reminded me of that, except the main character is the Muppet and instead of felt, she is made from your nightmares."[12]

— Kyle Buchanan

For Variety, Peter Debruge wrote that "Lemercier wouldn’t dare offend Dion, nor would she dream of giving fans the slightest reason to question their devotion, and so 'Aline' comes off feeling like a faith-based movie, where Dieu (French for 'God') gets the reverential 'lives of the saints' treatment. For those who adjust their expectations accordingly, it’s still an extremely satisfying watch — just one in which the only conflicts are convincing Aline’s parents to accept her love for manager Guy-Claude (Sylvain Marcel), the couple attempting to get pregnant and a tricky period when Aline’s vocal cords nearly give out. Suffice to say, most of the film’s tears are those of joy."[13]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
César Awards	February 25, 2022	Best Film	Edouard Weil, Alice Girard, Sidonie Dumas	Nominated	[14][15]
		Best Director	Valérie Lemercier	Nominated
		Best Actress		Won	[16]
		Best Supporting Actor	Sylvain Marcel	Nominated	[14][15]
		Best Supporting Actress	Danielle Fichaud	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Valérie Lemercier, Brigitte Buc	Nominated
		Best Sound	Olivier Mauvezin, Arnaud Rolland, Edouard Morin, Daniel Sobrino	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Catherine Leterrier	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Emmanuelle Duplay	Nominated
		Best Visual Effects	Sébastien Rame	Nominated
Prix Iris	June 5, 2022	Best Actor	Sylvain Marcel	Nominated	[17]
		Best Actress	Danielle Fichaud	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Ginette Magny, Camille Janbon, Catherine Leterrier	Nominated
		Best Hairstyling	Lyne Lapiana, Sandrine Masson, Silvine Picard, Rémy Pilot	Nominated
		Best Makeup	Kathy Kelso, Marie Lastennet, Sarah Mescoff	Nominated
		Best Casting	Nathalie Boutrie	Nominated
		Public Prize		Nominated
		Most Successful Film Outside Quebec		Nominated

References

External links

• Aline at IMDb 
• Aline at AllMovie

На других языках

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- [en] Aline (film)

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[ru] Голос любви

Голос любви (фр. Aline) — франко-канадский драматический фильм, снятый режиссером Валери Лемерсье и выпущенный в 2021 году[3]. Сам фильм является полу-биографией о жизни известной певицы Селин Дион, чьи имена известных личностей были изменены[4].

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