Hometown Blue

Traffic warden Solange has grown tired of her ordinary day-to-day existence in a dull provincial town. Whilst her husband, Patrick, is perfectly content working as an assistant in a hospital morgue and decorating their new home, she yearns for a change. Solange’s dream is to become a professional singer, but she has no idea how to make a start in that career. One day she runs into an old school friend, Marlène, who has become a household name as a TV weather forecaster. Encouraged by Marlène’s success, Solange finally makes up her mind to leave Patrick and start a new life as a singer. She is sure that with Marlène’s help, she will at last be able to escape from her pointless humdrum life… —filmsdefrance.com