Original Film
Eskimo Limon (English: Going All the Way, aka Lemon Popsicle) was first released on February 11, 1978, starring Yftach Katzur (Benji), Jonathan Sagall (Bobby), Zachi Noy (Hughie) and Anat Atzmon (Niki). The movie focuses on three high school kids growing up in Tel Aviv and deals with their relationships with each other and of course girls. The film, although a typical adolescence story, tackles subjects such as abortion and unrequited love, not happily resolved by a neat ending. It contains the memorable scene of an older woman (played by Ophelia Shtruhl) enticing the three kids into having sex with her in sequence, and then earning the nickname "Stella HaMegameret" ("A-cumming Stella"). Anat Atzmon makes an appearance in this movie as Niki - an adolescent girl who gets pregnant. Eskimo Limon recreates the life of a sixties teenager - including the clothes, music, behaviour, scenery and cars. The film was a great success all over the world, selling a million tickets in Israel alone and representing Israel at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival in 1978. When the main actors toured Japan, they were mobbed by fans. The main characters had name changes in most international versions, known as Benji, Bobby and Hughie respectively to English audiences.
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