A Filmmaker’s Journey to the Center of Celine Dion - The New York Times

In her kooky, rambunctious biopic “Aline,” the French comedian Valérie Lemercier drew from her own life to play the Quebecois pop star at every stage of hers.

Born in Normandy, Lemercier moved to Paris at 18, and her career took off in the late 1980s thanks to cameos in the sketch series Palace. Her commercial breakthrough came in 1993 with the blockbuster… [+2642 chars]

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