MIAMI.- Amazon Prime I shared the official trailer of I Am: Celine Dion, a deep documentary film which portrays how the Canadian singer-songwriter Cline Dion faces his diagnosis of stiff person syndrome, a neurological condition that has no cure and that gradually causes muscle stiffness.
In the first advance of the platform streaming can be seen at the beginning of the interpreter My Heart Will Go On, Unreleased material from his moments in the studio and sharing on stage with the public.
However, in the audiovisual material Cline addresses his vulnerability without a filter.
If I can’t run, walk. If I can’t walk, I’ll crawl. I won’t stop, she says with a broken voice, while she maintains the conviction that she will be able to move forward despite her prognoses. disease.
I Am: Celine Dion seeks to make visible her struggle and resilience, but also the importance of music in her life and how that element, in addition to her family, have been key to facing the condition she has suffered since 2022, when she was forced to cancel her European tour. .
“I’m working every day. But I have to admit, it’s been a struggle. I miss it a lot, the people. I miss them,” says the artist as tears fall down her cheeks.
The illness
The documentary, which is directed by Irene Taylor and produced by Amazon MGM, premieres on Sunday, May 25 on Prime Video.
When the launch of the documentary was made public, Dion indicated that his objective is also to make the disease visible.
“I hope the documentary doesn’t scare people, but rather raises awareness about the rigid person syndrome. It took me 17 years to face it, please don’t wait that long,” she said recently in an interview she gave to Vogue.
In said publication, the 56-year-old artist addressed her diagnosis for the first time and emphasized that every day she hopes for a miracle to help her heal.
“(The disease) is still inside me and always will be. I hope we find a miracle, a way to cure it with scientific research, but for now I have to learn to live with it. So this is me, now with the syndrome of a rigid person,” he explained.
Although today she faces her illness in a better mood, she recognized that when she had just been diagnosed, she lamented and questioned why she did so. However, over time she has found the strength to face it and fights daily not to let herself be defeated.
“Now I have to learn to live with it and stop questioning myself. At first I asked myself: Why me? How did this happen? What have I done? Is this my fault? Life doesn’t give you any answers. You just have to live it. “I have this disease for some unknown reason,” he added.
