PEPPERMINT SODA - BLU-RAY

Peppermint Soda (Diabolo menthe) (DVD + Blu-ray)
A film by Diane Kurys

Teenage sisters Anne (Éléonore Klarwein) and Frédérique (Odile Michel) couldn't be more different: introverted Anne is trying to understand the world around her as she's on the threshold of adolescence; while outgoing, politically aware Frédérique is beginning her first love affair.

This coming-of-age tale, the debut feature of underrated French director Diane Kurys (Entre nous, Sagan), is an ode to teenage summers, first kisses and first losses. Offering an intricate view of adolescence in 1960s France, Peppermint Soda recalls Francois Truffaut's Les quatre cents coups and encapsulates the upsurge in liberality during this radical period.

Special features

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• Theatrical trailer (3 mins)
• Interview with Diane Kurys (2008, 33 mins):An interview with the director
• Scrapbook (2008, 3 mins): Diane Kurys explores her collection of photographs and production materials
• Illustrated booklet with full film credits and a new essay by Sophie Mayer and Michael Brooke

France | 1977 | colour | 101 minutes | French language with English subtitles | original aspect ratio 1.77:1 | cert 12 (Infrequent moderate sex references)

Review

'Handsomely crafted yet also sweet and buoyant in its innocence' --The New York Times