Diabolo Menthe (12A) (Malvern French Film Centre)

A group of three girls dressed in identical coats
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This utterly charming debut from writer and director Diane Kurys follows a year in the life of two adolescent sisters at an all-girls school in France, as they experience a rapid-fire barrage of ‘firsts’ during a period 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 schoolgirl 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 show the span of 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 any of those around her.

English title: Peppermint Soda
Director: Diane Kurys
Release date: 1977
Coming-of-age satire/comedy drama
Running time: 1hr 37mins
Certificate: 12A
French with English subtitles

Sunday 12 April 2026

3:00pm

Malvern Theatres

Location

Malvern Theatres

WR14 3HB

01684 892277

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