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Bookmark this pageDiabolo Menthe (1977)
Director: Diane Kurys
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From Time Out Film Guide
Kurys' impressive feature debut, based in autobiography, is a sensitive account of a year in the lives of two sisters - 13-year-old, introverted Anne, and outgoing 15-year-old Frédérique - in the early '60s. Without ever lapsing into melodrama, the film adopts a decidely un-nostalgic tone, lucidly charting the everyday oppressions of school life and the girls' difficult relationships with their parents - a separated Jewish couple - their friends and each other. Indeed, it's a harsh, unsentimental look at adolescence, with the '60s setting serving primarily to define the social and political context of the girls' rites of passage; at the same time, however, the film is invested with great warmth through Kurys' assured, sympathetic handling of her cast.Author: GA
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- apb1 said...
- Posted on Mar 13 2008 21:42 Watched this in the days when bbc2 showed foreign films - what a classic portrayal of adolescence!
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Cast & crew
Director: Diane Kurys
Producer: Armand Barbault
Cast: Eléonore Klarwein, Odile Michel, Anouk Ferjac, Michel Puterflam, Yves Rénier, Robert Rimbaud full cast
Duration: 101 mins
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