Un transport en commun

I came across this short film as I was cataloging the DVD collection Africa First, volume 1, which includes this work. If you're looking for serious post-colonial deconstruction, this ain't it. If, on the other hand you are looking for light musical entertainment, perhaps it will surprise and delight you as it did me. Another commentator disparaged it as the sort of thing the French love, like that's a bad thing. The film it reminded me of most was Jacques Demy's 1967 film The Young Girls of Rochefort, which is sort of the less popular sister to his more melancholy film the Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Un transport en commun (a.k.a. Saint Louis Blues) is decidedly low budget and the plot is not compelling, but the characters do yearn and dream in a way that may be understandable, and while they are not virtuoso singers and dancers, that, too, may be relatable to people who move through their daily lives imagining a soundtrack that is the music of their souls.