



To complete the reconstruction, Valérie Lemercier slipped into the film, without aiming to be exhaustive, “some very important dresses”, evoking for example the one that little Céline wore at 5 years old, when she discovered her talent, or the crazy dress from her marriage to René. My forehead was also reduced, her hair is lower than me. “I just peeled my ears off the whole movie. “They didn’t put latex on me to make me look like her,” she points out. “I’ve seen her so much, after that comes out on its own.” The resemblance is obvious, but the actress retains her face. If she claims to have never trained in front of a mirror to reproduce the gestures of Celine Dion, the actress explains having “looked so much” that she is imbued with it. There was a whole system placed under the clothes to have the body of the age. It was fun to have the body that evolves. After that, I put them forward, because she is breastfeeding the twins. “When I’m 11, 12, I crush my breasts completely, and on top, I add little ones that grow. “ Protruding ears and false teethįor this rather special makeover, Valérie Lemercier had to cheat with her figure. the shoe store, we enhanced this little window in a totally artificial way, so that when we film Valérie, we have the impression that she is very small. We enlarged several objects with which she was in direct contact. “ wanted us to do special effects almost à la Méliès, testifies the head decorator Emmanuelle Duplay. To make it as tall as three apples, we had to cheat with the decorations. If the actress and director slipped easily into the incredible wardrobe of the Quebec diva, perfectly imitating her gestures, playing Céline Dion as a little girl required some special effects. In Aline, in theaters this Wednesday, Valérie Lemercier plays Aline Dieu, Celine Dion’s cinematographic double, from childhood to adulthood. To slip into the skin of the Quebec singer, renamed Aline in her film, Valérie Lemercier had to multiply the tips and tricks.
