3pm Sunday 12th April 2026
diabolo menthe 1977 (12A)
Peppermint Soda
Director: diane kurys
Run Time 1h 37mins
As fresh today as it was when it was released 40 years ago – a coming of age story that is just like peppermint soda; fizzy and pleasing going down, then tingles the palate afterward.
This utterly charming debut from writer and director Diane Kurys charts a year in the life of two adolescent sisters at an all-girls school in France, as they experience a rapid-fire onslaught of ‘firsts’ during a time of political protest and social change.
Kurys demonstrates wit, great talent and a letter perfect memory of what it is like to be a 13 year old French school with skinny legs and a bossy sister, and a mother who doesn’t understand she may be ruining her daughter’s life if she keeps on refusing to let the teenager wear stockings.
Kurys presents details like these, and enough others to span an entire school year with a flawless understanding of how the events most earth-shattering to a girl in her early teens can mean not a fig to anyone around her.
Trailer for Diabolo Menthe
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