{"id":1952,"date":"2006-12-11T22:04:23","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T05:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2021-01-23T00:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T07:01:21","slug":"peppermint-soda-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1952","title":{"rendered":"Peppermint Soda (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\n13-year-old Anne (Eleonore Klarwein) and her older sister Frederique (Odile Michel) grow up in 1960s Paris.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Siblings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFirst-time writer\/director Diane Kurys&#8217; autobiographical film about the travails of female adolescence rarely hits a false note. Kurys well remembers the small pains of teenage girlhood: anxiety over getting one&#8217;s period, jealousy of one&#8217;s older sister, curiosity (and laughable misinformation) about sex, the desperate <em>need<\/em> for pantyhose when all your friends are wearing it&#8211; Slightly less effective are the scenes taking place at the girls&#8217; authoritarian school, where the teachers come across as stereotypes rather than individuals, and the children&#8217;s behavior (as well as the discipline that follows) seems excessive. Nonetheless, Kurys must be applauded for telling her story the way she remembers it, and for creating a film filled with so many moments of quiet, poignant authenticity. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eleonore Klarwein as knobby-kneed Anne<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein-1536x911.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein-455x270.png 455w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Klarwein.png 1725w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Many memorable, often amusing, glimpses of adolescent angst<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-65274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/Peppermint-Soda-Still2.png 1727w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s not to be missed by those who enjoy coming-of-age stories. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0075939\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/07\/15\/archives\/film-diane-kurys-peppermint-sodathe-cast.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/65415.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: 13-year-old Anne (Eleonore Klarwein) and her older sister Frederique (Odile Michel) grow up in 1960s Paris. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming-of-Age French Films Siblings Review: First-time writer\/director Diane Kurys&#8217; autobiographical film about the travails of female adolescence rarely hits a false note. Kurys well remembers the small pains of teenage girlhood: anxiety over getting one&#8217;s period, jealousy of one&#8217;s older sister, curiosity (and laughable misinformation) about sex, the desperate need for pantyhose when all your friends are wearing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1952\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1952"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65276,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1952\/revisions\/65276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}