Céline (TV 2008)

A biopic on singer Céline Dion.

Director:

Jeff Woolnough

Writer:

Donald Martin

Stars:

Christine Ghawi, Jodelle Ferland, Peter MacNeill

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Christine Ghawi	...	Céline Dion
Jodelle Ferland	...	Young Celine
Peter MacNeill	...	Adhemar Dion
Louise Pitre	...	Therese
Mac Fyfe	...	Michel
Natalie Radford
Enrico Colantoni	...	Rene Angelil
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond Accolas	...	Eddy
Spike Adamson	...	Security Guard
Aviva Armour-Ostroff	...	Daughter #4
Katie Bergin	...	Sylvie
Tannis Burnett	...	Nun
Tessa Cameron	...	Daughter #2
Shawn Campbell	...	French TV Producer
Tomas Chovanec	...	Son #1

Storyline

A biopic on singer Céline Dion.

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Plot Keywords:

singer | pop singer | one word title | character name in title

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Taglines:

The full length feature film on the extraordinary life of Céline Dion.

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Genres:

Drama | Musical

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for thematic material, smoking, and brief mild language

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 May 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Barna-Alper Productions, Chart Topping Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the scenes where Celine wins the Eurovision Song Contest, she is performing her winning song in English to the audience in Dublin. However in real life she performed the song in French, as back then all participants in the Eurovision could only sing in an official language from the country they were representing. Therefore, as English is not an official language of Switzerland, she would not have been allowed perform in that language. Indeed, her winning song was never actually recorded in English.

User Reviews

A film that must be avoided -- AT ALL TIMES. This is not a joke.

Dreadful, horrible, embarrassing to watch, bad (not even funny bad), chronologically incorrect, the actors' performances are much worse than terrible (the film reminded me of a Mexican-dubbed soap opera), there's no mention of important events in both her life and career (the death of her niece Karine, who died in Celine's arms; her father's death; winning Academy Awards in 1992 and 1998, and so on). Elaborating on these points would be, in fact, pointless. Additionally, I'm ashamed to actually say that I watched such an awful film. The ONLY good thing about this film, is that Christine Ghawi does, to some extent, look like Celine Dion. Personally, I cannot see the reason of this film's being. And that's saying a lot, taking into account that I'm a Celine Dion fan.