TIFF proudly had the Canadian premier of I Am Celine Dion the documentary on recently at the Bell Lightbox. On the same day the World Premiere was held in New York. Her appearance was zoomed into the big screen. Just after she stepped out from the Red Carpet in New York.
The packed house at the Bell Lightbox were able to see the Canadian music legend fighting with her tears trying to swallow her tears to explain the pain and suffering she had face due to her rare type of illness.
She never knows how many people sobbed and were in tears. It was an emotional moment for the audience. She thanked and called her director Irene Taylor Brodsky and the doctor, namely Amanda Piquet, MD (CU Neurologist) to join her on stage. This film is “my love letter for my fans”, she further added.
Celine was born on 31st March 1968 as the 14th and the youngest for her parents namely, Therese Tanguay and Adhemar Dion in Charlemagne, Quebec, a little town 50 Km from Montreal. Her family encountered many hardships during her childhood.
She said, “one evening there was nothing in the house for supper. My mother was a musician, she met my father through music. Music means love. She never said that you have nothing for dinner. There were only a few carrots in the kitchen. Very soon she called us and there was a big carrot pie on the table, and I still can feel the taste of it.”
This closely knitted musical family always enjoyed the music. When her older brother got married, she was only five years old and for the first time she sang at his wedding. It was a remarkable event in her musical career. She wrote her own song with the help of her mother and brother at the age of twelve.
For the first time I heard her voice in 1997 in the film Titanic, timeless epic and tragic love story. Based on a true story written, directed and produced by James Cameron. She gave her voice to the main actress, Kate Winslet. It was on a sinking ship.
“My heart will go on…”
She robbed the hearts and minds of millions around the globe and remains evergreen up to this day.
In 1998, at the 70th Oscar Awards Celine performed live on stage and captured the hearts of the audience, and it was a remarkable day in the history of the Oscar Awards. Then she was only 30 years old.
