Le Bleu des villes (1999) **

Directed by Stephane Brizé. With Florence Vignon, Antoine Chappey and Mathilde Seigner. Who wants to see a movie about a female trafic cop who dream of being a singer? Anyone? Granted, it doesn't sound very promising, but this French comedy/drama is actually quite entertaining and amazingly subtle. No, really. The heroine is like a butterfly - an ugly worm giving tickets to motorists who slowly metamorphoses into a beautiful creature ready to sing and fly.