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Peppermint Soda (12A)

After the Wave: Young French Cinema in the 1970s

,Barbican Cinema 3
A young girl in school

A refreshing female take on the coming-of-age story, and a sensitive account of a year in the lives of two teenage sisters.

It’s 1963. After an extended summer holiday with their dad on the Normandy coast, 13-year-old Anne and her sister Frédérique, two years older, return to Paris for the start of the school year. Frédérique is out-going, Anne more withdrawn; the film charts them both, at school and at home, across a year of fights, bad grades, crushes, pop records, and friendships lost and found.

In the 1970s, women broke into the French film industry in larger numbers. The first film by a then-unknown 29-year-old director Diane Kurys, Peppermint Soda was a triumphant success – the year’s highest-grossing film in France and winner of the Prix Louis Delluc for Best Film.

Tagged with: Cinema After the Wave

France 1977 Dir Diane Kurys 101 min Digital presentation

Barbican Cinema 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.

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