Peppermint Soda

France   w/d  Diane Kurys

A wonderful film I hope will be remembered forever.

Released in 1977, set in 1963, it is an episodic look at the daily lives, loves, conflicts, teenage stupidity of two sisters, aged 13 and 15. Both girls were likable and endearing...in a real way, even though they do dumb things at times...just like real kids.

Kurys knows how to make a point and get out of a scene before it begins to curdle. She has brought this time to life...school life, political life and, most importantly, the lives of these two girls with all the usual frabbing around universal in adolescence.

The best films, the ones that stick in your mind for decades show us characters we can understand and care for. This is one of those. Kudos.

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