Peppermint Soda (Diabolo Menthe)

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In Theaters: August 10, 2018 (limited)

1h 37m | Drama

This gentle, closely observed autobiographical tale, a first film by director Diane Kurys, got a very favorable critical reception at the time of its release. It concerns the experiences of Anne (Eleonore Klarwein) and Frederique (Odile Michel), the 13- and 15-year-old daughters of a separated Jewish couple.

They are attending a grim, rule-crazy school in the early 1960s. Anne is unsocial and not much of an achiever; she tries to find out what is going on around her by eavesdropping on her mother and her older sister. Frederique is much more outgoing, has a crush on someone much older than herself, and is beginning to feel the first pangs of love.

They are both awkward around their father, whom they visit on school holidays.