Eskimo Limon (1978)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Boaz Davidson

Writers:

Boaz Davidson (writer)
Eli Tavor (writer)

Release Date:

21 April 1978 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

L'an holchim kshamisiba nigmira? (Where do you go when the party's over?)

Plot:

Bentzi, Momo, and Yuda'leh are three teenage boys growing up in 1950's Israel, which is not much different...

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Israel | Ice | Bicycle | Abortion

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Yftach Katzur	...	Benzi / Benji (as Yiftach Katzur)
Anat Atzmon	...	Nili
Jonathan Sagall	...	Momo / Bobbie (as Jonathan Segal)
Zachi Noy	...	Yudale / Hughie (as Zacki Noy)
Dvora Kedar	...	Benji's Mother Sonya (as Deborah Kaydar)
Ophelia Shtruhl	...	Stella (as Ophelia Shtrel)
Menashe Warshavsky	...	Benji's Father
Rachel Steiner	...	Bracha / Martha
Louis Rosenberg	...	Pharmacist
Yehoshua Luff	...	Ice Vendor
Avi Hadash		(as Avi Chadash)
Denise Bouzaglo	...	Hooker (as Dennis Bozaglo)

Also Known As:

Going All the Way (USA)
Lemon Popsicle

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 | UK:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video re-rating) | Finland:K-16 | Israel:18 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Company:

Noah Films

Trivia:

The director claims he based the movie on a situation which happened to him as a youth.

Quotes:

Benzi: I love you Nikki, from the first day, but I didn't know how to tell you, I love you Nikki and I know it's forever, I love you Nikki.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Sapiches (1983)

Soundtrack:

Long Tall Sally

beautiful movie - totally stunned!!!

Since my early teenage years the title of this movie was in my, and of course in everyone of my friends', ears. First to say, I always wanted to watch this film but never had the guts to do so back then. Haven forgotten the title as years passed, I'm now 23 years old and just watched it for the first time - and I have to say, I'm totally stunned! The story line is very down to earth and pure realistic; I would guess about 90% of everyone watching this movie has had some of the same experience in his early teenage years. So don't get it wrong: this isn't comedy or a sex-film at all; it's pure drama - and when you know this in forehand, you will get, what you are searching for. I've read many reviews about people comparing this movie to American Pie and other modern teenage-movies. You shouldn't do that. This film is very far above the ones named and totally in another category - you cannot compare such two extremely different movies with another! As for the acting: even though for some scenes, you normally should dislike some of the characters, you will love them anyway. Reason is that you know what happens is so realistic, you could have been any of the characters yourself. And this is what makes the movie worth 10 stars! Open your memory-box and take a time-warp back to when you were 15 (in case you were 15 in the early '90s or earlier).