Peppermint Soda
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Peppermint Soda is a 1977
French film directed by Diane Kurys
. This autobiographical film was her directorial debut, and it won the Prix Louis Delluc. The high school where the film takes place is the Lycée Jules-Ferry
, in Paris, France.
with their mom and spend their summer holidays at the beach with their father, around whom they both feel awkward. They attend a strict school.
Anne is on the threshold of adolescence, and not much of an achiever and anti-social. She tries to find out what is going on around her by eavesdropping on her mother and sister. Her school grades are terrible and she has to deal with unfair teachers; on one occasion she is caught plagiarising an essay her sister wrote a year before. She also has her first period and is learning to talk to boys, and to sort things out with her mom after getting in trouble.
By contrast, Frederique is much more outgoing, is starting to become politically involved, especially in the Algerian question and banning the bomb. She has a crush on someone much older than herself, and is beginning to feel the first serious pangs of love. She also experiences her first friend who runs away, and her first loss of friendship over values.
1977 in film
The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
French film directed by Diane Kurys
Diane Kurys
Diane Kurys is a French filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are autobiographical. Born in Lyon, Rhône, France, her parents divorced when she was a child. She began as an actress with Jean-Louis Barrault's company. She gained film stardom, but didn't like the roles she was...
. This autobiographical film was her directorial debut, and it won the Prix Louis Delluc. The high school where the film takes place is the Lycée Jules-Ferry
Lycée Jules-Ferry
The Lycée Jules-Ferry is a public secondary and higher education school located in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It is famous especially since it was used in Diane Kurys's film, Peppermint Soda ....
, in Paris, France.
Plot
In 1963, thirteen-year-old Anne and fifteen-year-old Frederique are two Jewish sisters whose parents are separated. They live in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
with their mom and spend their summer holidays at the beach with their father, around whom they both feel awkward. They attend a strict school.
Anne is on the threshold of adolescence, and not much of an achiever and anti-social. She tries to find out what is going on around her by eavesdropping on her mother and sister. Her school grades are terrible and she has to deal with unfair teachers; on one occasion she is caught plagiarising an essay her sister wrote a year before. She also has her first period and is learning to talk to boys, and to sort things out with her mom after getting in trouble.
By contrast, Frederique is much more outgoing, is starting to become politically involved, especially in the Algerian question and banning the bomb. She has a crush on someone much older than herself, and is beginning to feel the first serious pangs of love. She also experiences her first friend who runs away, and her first loss of friendship over values.
Cast
- Eléonore Klarwein - Anne
- Odile Michel - Frederique
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