Peppermint Soda (Diabolo menthe)

THIS FILM WON THE LOUIS DELLUC PRIZE IN 1977

- They'll be ready in two days. - Thank you.

You must send them to me. One last swim?

- Coming, Anne? - No, I don't feel like it.

Don't be long, Frédérique. Dad's expecting us.

He'll be cross with her, not me.

PEPPERMINT SODA

Bye. Don't forget to write.

Dad, what about Mum's cheque?

Not in the holidays.

Tell her, next month.

Don't forget to write.

Bye.

Have a good journey.

Where were you?

In the other toilet. This one was engaged.

For my sister,

who still hasn't returned my orange sweater...

If I'm not with Martine and Sylvie I'll ask to swap classes.

If the lists have been made up you won't be able to swap.

Right, time to go.

You can't be late on your first day.

Make a good impression.

Try to sit in the front row.

Anne! Martine!

- How are things? - Fine.

Hi.

- Where have you been? - Normandy.

- How was it? - Great.

Look at Baldy!

He's got a new coat.

He's still a short-arse, though.

Hello!

- Seen Françoise? - No.

We're lucky to be in the same class.

I knew we would be.

You're so tanned.

Where did you go on holiday?

I went travelling.

- Was it good? - Yes, great fun.

Bénazéraf.

She's no longer here. I crossed her off.

No one tells me anything.

- Two toilets are blocked, Miss. - Then unlock them!

I don't have a...

Now is not the time. Just figure it out.

He gets more stupid every day.

Hi.

- You've sewn your name tag on. - You bet.

- And your new class. - I'm a big girl now!

Have you seen her new hairdo! She shouldn't have cut it.

I've put Demil in here for now.

Let's go.

Quiet!

Get in line.

Get into position. Come on, get a move on.

Maurice.

Marfoix.

Meyer.

Pichon.

Ranonet.

Anne!

You OK?

Follow me.

What are you doing here?

Why aren't you with your class?

I wasn't called.

"Miss."

Miss.

- What's your name? - Monique Martinez.

- "Miss!" - Miss.

- Is this your first year? - Yes, Miss.

- Where are you from? - Oran

Oran? Where the hell is that?

Must be a private school.

Come with me. We'll find your class.

Hurry up!

- Where you going? - Toilet, Miss.

No time-wasting on the first day.

No, Miss.

- Stay sitting. Everything OK? - Fine.

Come here, you.

Take her with you for today.

She must have come from a private school.

Oran or something like that.

In Algeria? Poor child!

Go and find a seat, little one. Don't worry, we'll sort it out.

Algeria! Poor lamb.

See you later.

Sit down!

No running in the corridors!

in capital letters:

surname,

first name,

address,

parents' occupation.

In capital letters, legibly,

write your surname, first name, address, parents' occupation.

Oh, and also state if they're widowed or divorced.

Widowed...or divorced.

Look at her feet!

Apparently she threw a pair of scissors at the class last year.

She gets madder every year.

I'm going to see my sister.

Hi. This is my sister Anne. She's two years below us.

Muriel's new.

Hello.

Guess who we've got for geography. Perronet.

Good luck with that!

- Have you got Gruyère for Art? - Yes.

And Petitbon for French.

Poor things!

Peslier?

Pelier. Here.

- Polo. - Here.

- Rival? - What will my mother say?

- Is there more? - Yes.

- Now it's all over your hands. - Drat.

Rubeau?

It's Ruban, Miss.

- Steib? - Here.

- Weber? - Here.

Do you have a sister in the school?

Yes, Miss.

God help us!

Fill out the usual form.

In your exercise books, starting from the top.

Write clearly.

Four squares from the margin.

Surname...

- Frédérique! - What?

There's a letter for you on the table.

That's enough. Give it back.

Cut it out. Leave her alone.

Spoilsport!

Hurry up!

You look like an ostrich!

OK. Go back to your place.

Time to start that diet, fatty!

Give me the name of a hard rock?

It's used for roofs.

- Yes? - Tiles?

Slate. And now a soft rock?

You'll never get this. It's kaolin. What's kaolin used for?

Black pudding.

No!

Talc.

Here are samples of each type of rock.

Pass them along.

The last girl will kindly bring them back to me at the end the lesson.

What are you doing?

- Is that him? - Yes.

How old is he?

He's 16.

He's cute.

Who's that?

My father and mother.

My parents are divorced.

- What does your mum do? - She works in a clothes shop.

Ever thought of running away?

- Where would I go? - I don't know.

Does he live at home too?

No, but that's not the problem.

I don't want to run away. I just want to see him.

Maybe at Christmas.

Anne, stop it!

Is your mum as strict as all that?

I have to tell her where I'm going.

And I have to be home by midnight.

Aren't your parents the same?

My mother died last year.

She committed suicide.

She committed suicide?

She was sick, manic-depressive.

I get along with my dad. He may remarry.

I can't imagine my mum remarrying.

Not that I would mind.

Can I get my letters sent to you?

You date lots of boys.

Have you ever slept with a boy?

I've slept with a boy.

It's true.

What happened?

Nothing. I went to his place.

I mean, his parents' place.

We went up to his room. He kissed me on the mouth.

- Did he use his tongue? - Sure.

How disgusting!

That's how it's done.

He told me to undress.

And you did it? In front of him?

Yes. Then he told me to lie down on the bed, naked.

I don't believe you.

- I swear it's true. - Then what?

- What do you mean? - What happened next?

Nothing. He lay down beside me and read a comic book.

- That's all? - Yes.

- Shall we go for a stroll? - Yes.

Have you ever noticed the boys on the beach?

Sometimes they have a kind of bump in their trunks.