Lemon Popsicle

Lemon Popsicle (Hebrew: אסקימו לימון, romanized: Eskimo Limon) is a 1978 teen comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Boaz Davidson.

The three's class is joined by a beautiful new girl named Niki (Nili in the Hebrew release, played by Anat Atzmon), who caught Benji's eye.

Bobby and Bentji manage to leave, but Huey, who tried to take his clothes, is beaten and finally flees the house in his underwear.

A day later, Benji meets with Huey and a boy from their class named Froi'ka, who tells him that Bobby went with Niki to sail on the Yarakon river and they are about to have sex.

He sells his bike, steals money from his mom, and takes out a loan from his boss, and ends up bringing her to live with him for a few days at his grandma's apartment, since they are supposed to be at summer camp with the whole class.

"Eskimo Limon" was produced by "Sarei Nahum" Studios, owned by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who were also responsible for its distribution and screening.

Zeev Rav-Nof expressed the opinion that the company's dominance in the Israeli film market significantly contributed to its success.

The film’s music was adapted to the era and includes hits from the late 1950s and early 1960s, featuring songs such as Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley, Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally (Little Richard), Put Your Head on My Shoulder, You Are My Destiny, Diana (Paul Anka), Greenfields (The Brothers Four), To Know Him Is to Love Him (Phil Spector and The Teddy Bears), and the hit Piove (Domenico Modugno, better known as Ciao, Ciao Bambina).

In total, Eskimo Limon sold 1,350,000 tickets in Israel, making it the highest-grossing Israeli film of all time.

The film also achieved significant success in West Germany, ranking 11th at the box office with 2,700,000 tickets sold.

On April 19, 1978, Eskimo Limon won first prize in the annual Israeli feature film competition, accompanied by a grant of 120,000 ILs.

[2] Lemon Popsicle became an immediate commercial success; by December 1978, the film had sold 1,268,000 tickets in its native country and grossed IL12.5 million.

Hot Bubblegum (Hebrew: Shifshuf Naim) is the third film in the Lemon Popsicle series, set in Tel Aviv and released in 1981.

[9] Benzi now has a girlfriend named Doris, but his feelings are put to the test when an old flame, Nikki comes back into his life.