Who, where, when

[drove all night]

Was this the former house of Céline's parents? Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs? Does someone know?

[drove all night]

Someone here who knows where this picture by Patrick Davy was taken in 1985 ?

 

 

Edited May 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM by drove all night

[Thomas]

It looks like the Fontaines de la Concorde in Paris!

[drove all night]

On 5/7/2026 at 9:18 AM, Thomas said:

It looks like the Fontaines de la Concorde in Paris!

 DEFINITIVELY! Thank you so much, dear Mr. Sherlock Thomas Holmes!! 

[Bruno Dion]

On 4/27/2026 at 8:04 AM, drove all night said:

Was this the former house of Céline's parents? Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs? Does someone know?

No, that’s the house Celine bought for her parents in the 1990s, and it’s located in Rosemère. Only Thérèse and Adhémar lived there (not Celine). Celine once said that in 2001 she was at that house with her parents when she saw the September 11 attacks on TV.

The Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs house is a different one. It’s a modern, all-white, two-story house (from what I remember) that Celine bought in the late 1980s so she could live there with her parents. For quite some time now, I’ve been trying to track down a magazine from that period that featured photos of the house, but I still haven’t been able to find it.

https://*censored*.com/2009/12/houses-in-past.html

Edited May 7, 2026 at 03:29 PM by Bruno Dion

[drove all night]

On 5/7/2026 at 5:26 PM, Bruno Dion said:

No, that’s the house Celine bought for her parents in the 1990s, and it’s located in Rosemère. Only Thérèse and Adhémar lived there (not Celine). Celine once said that in 2001 she was at that house with her parents when she saw the September 11 attacks on TV.

The Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs house is a different one. It’s a modern, all-white, two-story house (from what I remember) that Celine bought in the late 1980s so she could live there with her parents. For quite some time now, I’ve been trying to track down a magazine from that period that featured photos of the house, but I still haven’t been able to find it.

https://*censored*.com/2009/12/houses-in-past.html

Oh! Thank you very much! Very kind of you to take the time to answer!  
But you don't mean this house? That one, originally property of Dominique Michel? She bought it in 1988 and sold it in 1993 (if the information, which I've researched a while ago is correct). 

[Bruno Dion]

On 5/7/2026 at 1:32 PM, drove all night said:

Oh! Thank you very much! Very kind of you to take the time to answer!  
But you don't mean this house? That one, originally property of Dominique Michel? She bought it in 1988 and sold it in 1993 (if the information, which I've researched a while ago is correct). 

You’re welcome! Exactly, that’s the house I’m referring to (the one located in Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs). Thanks for the photos (I hadn’t seen high-quality photos before).

[drove all night]

On 5/7/2026 at 7:02 PM, Bruno Dion said:

You’re welcome! Exactly, that’s the house I’m referring to (the one located in Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs). Thanks for the photos (I hadn’t seen high-quality photos before).

You're welcome too! I always thought only Céline was living there with René (presumably). 

[Bruno Dion]

On 5/7/2026 at 2:25 PM, drove all night said:

You're welcome too! I always thought only Céline was living there with René (presumably). 

I’m copying some excerpts from the book "My Story, my Dream" referring to that house in Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs:

"After my mother's heart surgery, I'd bought a house in Quebec, at Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, so that she could rest. It was a large house in which everything—walls, ceilings, floors, furniture—was white, and it had immense windows. So it had a lot of light, almost too much, especially in winter when the snow covered the lake and the forest. You needed to wear sunglasses almost the whole day. But my parents loved that house—and so did I. In the fall, after I'd finished recording Unison, I spent several weeks there."

"Paul Burger had come to see me, at Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs. As usual, the house was filled with people—my parents, my brothers and sisters, Rene, his children. We'd already become the center of attention for both our families (...) That day at Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Paul began to talk to me about my look, telling me he found it a little "old." This was his way of say­ing without really saying that he thought it was "out of it." He told me again that a singer has to have a look."

"One Friday evening, when I was on my way back to Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs after a long day of shooting, I saw Rene's nephew Martin's car on the highway. He was bringing Karine to spend the weekend at my place. The fresh Laurentide air would do her good. Her illness made her weaker and weaker, more and more pale and defeated. But she'd kept her smile, and was still fighting."

As for the house in Rosemère, Celine mentions in the book that she and René bought a house there, but I’m not sure if it’s the same one her parents lived in during the mid-1990s. There’s a documentary (I don’t remember which one) that shows footage of Thérèse and Adhémar arriving at that house in winter. Here’s the excerpt from the book regarding the house in Rosemère: "The summer before, we'd bought a large house in Rosemere, Que­bec, and several months before our public announcement, we had begun living together as man and wife. On the wall at the top of the staircase leading to our room, Rene had hung a gigantic photo of us together. In the photo, its clear that we're aware of the crowd around us, but we're facing each other, lost in each other's eyes, both of us beaming."

Edited May 7, 2026 at 05:31 PM by Bruno Dion

[drove all night]

On 5/7/2026 at 7:30 PM, Bruno Dion said:

I’m copying some excerpts from the book "My Story, my Dream" referring to that house in Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs:

"After my mother's heart surgery, I'd bought a house in Quebec, at Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, so that she could rest. It was a large house in which everything—walls, ceilings, floors, furniture—was white, and it had immense windows. So it had a lot of light, almost too much, especially in winter when the snow covered the lake and the forest. You needed to wear sunglasses almost the whole day. But my parents loved that house—and so did I. In the fall, after I'd finished recording Unison, I spent several weeks there."

"Paul Burger had come to see me, at Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs. As usual, the house was filled with people—my parents, my brothers and sisters, Rene, his children. We'd already become the center of attention for both our families (...) That day at Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Paul began to talk to me about my look, telling me he found it a little "old." This was his way of say­ing without really saying that he thought it was "out of it." He told me again that a singer has to have a look."

"One Friday evening, when I was on my way back to Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs after a long day of shooting, I saw Rene's nephew Martin's car on the highway. He was bringing Karine to spend the weekend at my place. The fresh Laurentide air would do her good. Her illness made her weaker and weaker, more and more pale and defeated. But she'd kept her smile, and was still fighting."

As for the house in Rosemère, Celine mentions in the book that she and René bought a house there, but I’m not sure if it’s the same one her parents lived in during the mid-1990s. There’s a documentary (I don’t remember which one) that shows footage of Thérèse and Adhémar arriving at that house in winter. Here’s the excerpt from the book regarding the house in Rosemère: "The summer before, we'd bought a large house in Rosemere, Que­bec, and several months before our public announcement, we had begun living together as man and wife. On the wall at the top of the staircase leading to our room, Rene had hung a gigantic photo of us together. In the photo, its clear that we're aware of the crowd around us, but we're facing each other, lost in each other's eyes, both of us beaming."

OMG! I guess, I should read that book again (been a while since I last re-re-re-read it)!!! Totally forgot! 
Thank you again so much for putting that together for me! (And maybe others who are reading here.)

PS: I'm revising my huge Céline compendium at the moment and also re-watching/discovering a lot of videos. Even after 35+ years new things can be discovered, old (wrong) information put into right context.
Should I come across that documentary (picture of it are in that link you sent me of one of the great webpages "Céline Dion Through The World") and I also vaguely remember having seen it somewhere in the past - well, if I find it again, I gladly will send it to you, if you like.

Edited May 7, 2026 at 06:09 PM by drove all night

[Bruno Dion]

On 5/7/2026 at 3:01 PM, drove all night said:

OMG! I guess, I should read that book again (been a while since I last re-re-re-read it)!!! Totally forgot! 
Thank you again so much for putting that together for me! (And maybe others who are reading here.)

PS: I'm revising my huge Céline compendium at the moment and also re-watching/discovering a lot of videos. Even after 35+ years new things can be discovered, old (wrong) information put into right context.
Should I come across that documentary (picture of it are in that link you sent me of one of the great webpages "Céline Dion Through The World") and I also vaguely remember having seen it somewhere in the past - well, if I find it again, I gladly will send it to you, if you like.

Yes, I would love it!

 

[drove all night]

Based on the text this must be of a "7jour" of 1993, maybe around January. Does someone up here by chance possess it and can tell me the exact date of the issue.
Thanks in advance.

[drove all night]

On 5/7/2026 at 5:26 PM, Bruno Dion said:

No, that’s the house Celine bought for her parents in the 1990s, and it’s located in Rosemère. Only Thérèse and Adhémar lived there (not Celine). Celine once said that in 2001 she was at that house with her parents when she saw the September 11 attacks on TV.

The Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs house is a different one. It’s a modern, all-white, two-story house (from what I remember) that Celine bought in the late 1980s so she could live there with her parents. For quite some time now, I’ve been trying to track down a magazine from that period that featured photos of the house, but I still haven’t been able to find it.

https://*censored*.com/2009/12/houses-in-past.html

Look, what I've just found. This must be inside the white house in Sainte-Anne-des Lacs. 
I also enclose the whole article. I don't know yet if they also said something about the house (I first need to Google translate the whole thing ...)

[celine_dion_faces]

There's a documentary "Unison Special Musimax" from 1991 where some scenes are taped in that house. You can watch them at 29:00. Unfortunately the quality is really bad 

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Edited May 10, 2026 at 08:17 AM by celine_dion_faces

[ivo]

Great find!

[drove all night]

On 5/10/2026 at 10:16 AM, celine_dion_faces said:

There's a documentary "Unison Special Musimax" from 1991 where some scenes are taped in that house. You can watch them at 29:00. Unfortunately the quality is really bad 

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Gosh! This is "salt in my wounds" - I was searching a better version of it since decades! - Although meanwhile I had forgotten about it! Too much to remember to search for  - maybe ... one day ... hopefully ... a better version will appear!
Thanks for posting - at least the minor quality one. 

Edited May 10, 2026 at 09:46 PM by drove all night

[Bruno Dion]

On 5/9/2026 at 4:48 PM, drove all night said:

Look, what I've just found. This must be inside the white house in Sainte-Anne-des Lacs. 
I also enclose the whole article. I don't know yet if they also said something about the house (I first need to Google translate the whole thing ...)

Exactly, that’s the house. I hadn’t seen that photo before — excellent find! Thank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drove all night]

I hope very much, someone can help in solving two questions:

1.) Does someone recognize the award Céline's holding on picture one? 

2.) Looks like the other screencap with her sitting among the cushions and toys could be of 2006 and a program called "Céline Dion 25 ans d'amour". Any additional information to it would be appreciated. (Little note aside: Looks like the giant plush dog aside from Céline also traveled to New York in 2010!) https://youtu.be/6HcvRi-JXys?si=ncssvak_LKHofuaL

 

 

Edited May 27, 2026 at 03:22 PM by drove all night

[woodstock]

On 5/27/2026 at 5:18 PM, drove all night said:

I hope very much, someone can help in solving two questions:

1.) Does someone recognize the award Céline's holding on picture one? 

Yes this is an award "Le petit prince" (from the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), it's from a very short-lived award show in France, aired on TF1 on the 4th of February, 2000 and called "Les petits princes" where children gave an award to the celebrities they loved the most in different categories.

[drove all night]

On 5/27/2026 at 6:08 PM, woodstock said:

Yes this is an award "Le petit prince" (from the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry), it's from a very short-lived award show in France, aired on TF1 on the 4th of February, 2000 and called "Les petits princes" where children gave an award to the celebrities they loved the most in different categories.

Thank you so much for taking your time to answer! Very kind of you!

[drove all night]

PLEASE HELP! Is this picture from the official Robin Galiegue-session or fan/AI-made? Mainly (of course) the picture of Céline! 

If it's AI - for the hell: WATERMARK those pictures!!!!

THANK YOU!

Edited October 1, 2026 at 02:27 AM by drove all night

[Matias]

On 5/10/2026 at 6:46 PM, drove all night said:

Gosh! This is "salt in my wounds" - I was searching a better version of it since decades! - Although meanwhile I had forgotten about it! Too much to remember to search for  - maybe ... one day ... hopefully ... a better version will appear!
Thanks for posting - at least the minor quality one. 

You can see part of the kitchen and some other areas on the UNISON VHS as well...I remember seeing those glass chairs and thinking how uncomfortable they must be! Lol

 

https://youtu.be/CO26ZQ_5Hp8?si=_6UcaAW_P25cVwUC

Edited October 1, 2026 at 04:28 PM by Matias

[celine_dion_faces]

On 10/1/2026 at 4:18 AM, drove all night said:

PLEASE HELP! Is this picture from the official Robin Galiegue-session or fan/AI-made? Mainly (of course) the picture of Céline! 

If it's AI - for the hell: WATERMARK those pictures!!!!

THANK YOU!

I found that picture only on the instagram account of The Red Heads. They marked it as AI.

[drove all night]

On 10/1/2026 at 7:33 PM, celine_dion_faces said:

I found that picture only on the instagram account of The Red Heads. They marked it as AI.

Thank you.

[drove all night]

On 10/1/2026 at 6:27 PM, Matias said:

You can see part of the kitchen and some other areas on the UNISON VHS as well...I remember seeing those glass chairs and thinking how uncomfortable they must be! Lol

 

https://youtu.be/CO26ZQ_5Hp8?si=_6UcaAW_P25cVwUC

OH WOW!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Such a good quality.  

[Matias]

On 3/26/2026 at 4:35 AM, drove all night said:

Who can help with EXACT date (at least month and year) and place. Please NO GUESSES!!! I can guess myself! 
Thank you!

The real picture is with her sister Manon? You can see also the excat st where she was (probably shopping lol)

[drove all night]

On 10/2/2026 at 6:50 PM, Matias said:

The real picture is with her sister Manon? You can see also the excat st where she was (probably shopping lol)

OMG - one of those DISGUSTING AI-criminals just deleted one of Céline's sisters? HOW DISREPECTFUL!!! I will never ever get used to this! NEVER! 

But: Thank you very much for the original picture. Although my question stays unfortunately still unanswered reg. the full date, when it was taken.

[Matias]

On 10/2/2026 at 2:06 PM, drove all night said:

OMG - one of those DISGUSTING AI-criminals just deleted one of Céline's sisters? HOW DISREPECTFUL!!! I will never ever get used to this! NEVER! 

But: Thank you very much for the original picture. Although my question stays unfortunately still unanswered reg. the full date, when it was taken.

By her hair and clothing (too many layers lol), gotta be between Oct and Nov ? But sadly no exact date

[celine_dion_faces]

On 10/2/2026 at 7:06 PM, drove all night said:

OMG - one of those DISGUSTING AI-criminals just deleted one of Céline's sisters? HOW DISREPECTFUL!!! I will never ever get used to this! NEVER! 

But: Thank you very much for the original picture. Although my question stays unfortunately still unanswered reg. the full date, when it was taken.

I found a date: November 13, 1998 in Paris