Pepperminta

Pepperminta (2009)

Pepperminta is an anarchist of the imagination. She lives in a futuristic rainbow villa and according to her own rules. Colors are the young woman's best friends and strawberries are her pets. She knows the most amazing remedies to free people of their fears. Pepperminta's wish is for everyone to see the world in her favorite colors. Werwen, a young plump and shy man yet whose sex appeal Pepperminta finds highly attractive, and the beautiful Edna, who talks to tulips, join her on her passionate mission. These three musketeers of a different kind set out to fight for a more humane world. Wherever the gang appears, everything is turned upside down and people's lives are transformed in the most miraculous and wondrous of ways.

Date of release
2009-09-05
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Drama
Director
Pipilotti Rist

Casting

Interesting facts

Pepperminta is the first feature film written and directed by Swiss video artist Pipilotti Rist from 2009. Filmed in Vienna and St. Gallen, the experimental film is commonly read as a modern fairy tale. It depicts a group of friends who embark on a journey to save the world through color. It premiered on September 5, 2009, at the 66th Venice International Film Festival in the Horizons (Orizzonti) section.

Background and production

Rist's intention was to transfer her artistic signature from the medium of video to the medium of film, a long-standing wish as she confessed to the online magazine swissinfo.ch. The main difference between Pepperminta and her video works is the existence of a feature film plot. Rist said about the film, Pepperminta and her sister Edna existed in a space before the Fall of man, "beyond social classes or time references".

Rist worked on Pepperminta from 2005 to 2009. Chris Niemeyer, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rist, describes how they worked on the script every day from noon to 6 p. m. for six months. The time frame was "ironclad" in his words. Filming took place in the Alter Rhein and in the outdoor pool. Other locations include the University of Vienna and the tram station at Maria-Theresien-Platz in Vienna.

Like Rist's stage name, the title character's name can be traced back to Pippi Longstocking. One of Longstocking's given names is Pepperminta. Chris Niemeyer, who worked on the screenplay together with Rist, sees the basic idea behind the fairy tale story in Pepperminta in the desire to free the world from fear.

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