Popsicle (film)

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Movie
German title Popsicle
Original title אסקימו לימון, Eskimo Limon
Country of production Israel
original language Hebrew
Publishing year 1978
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Boaz Davidson
script Boaz Davidson,
Eli Tavor
production Yoram Globus ,
Menahem Golan
music Del Shannon
camera Adam Greenberg
cut Alain Jakubowicz
occupation
chronology

Successor  →
Popsicle 2 - Fixed girlfriend

Popsicle ( Hebrew אסקימו לימון Eskimo Limon ) is an Israeli fictional film from 1978. It is a dosed mixture of coming-of-age film and comedy , although the humor predominates. For other films of this type, the term teenage clothes was later coined. Due to the great success, a number of sequels were shot, which also have the title Eis am Stiel , each with a different subtitle.

action

The three friends Benny , Johnny and Momo grow up in Tel Aviv in the late 1950s. Her greatest passions are girls, parties and the hunt for sexual experiences.

Benny is chronically in need of money, but luckily his overweight pal Johnny regularly lends him something. Benny also works as an ice cream seller. During one extradition he meets the nymphomaniac Stella who tries to seduce him. Benny initially does not respond to their offers, but immediately tells Johnny and Momo about this experience. The three friends visit Stella the same day and Benny hasn't promised them too much. Surprisingly, Stella's friend Jimmy, a strong sailor, suddenly rings and catches the protagonists in the act. The friends then flee the apartment, some of them half-naked.

A little later the three boys end up with a prostitute from whom they catch pubic lice . After the treatment with insecticide does not work, they make themselves up to visit a pharmacy. An embarrassing scene ensues, as nobody really dares to speak out about the problem. Ultimately, however, the pharmacist understands what the problem is and sells the boys the remedy that will put an end to their suffering.

The core of the story is Benny's love for Nili. To get to know her, he secretly lets the air out of her bicycle tire and then offers her a ride on his bicycle. But Nili is interested in Benny's best buddy and heartthrob Momo. After Momo gets her pregnant and breaks up with her, there is a heated argument between her best friends. Benny then takes care of the desperate Nili and organizes and pays for an abortion . While the other teenagers are at summer camp , Nili and Benny live for a while in a house belonging to Benny's uncle, who is away from home. Benny confesses his love to Nili and it seems like he has captured her heart. In the final scene, however, he finds Nili in Momo's arms. The film ends with a hugely disappointed Benny.

title

The original Hebrew title refers to a type of ice lolly still available today called Eskimo. This Strauss Group product is available in several flavors, one of which is lemon.

Reviews

The lexicon “Films on TV” praised the film as “(...) loud, cheeky, disarmingly open; ' American Graffiti ' Israeli. ”And gave it an above-average rating with 2½ stars.

The lexicon of international film, on the other hand, criticized: "It is only towards the end of this attempt to get the subject of pubertal sexuality under control by means of crude entertainment that a certain cautiousness can be felt."

The NDR documentary "Eskimo Limon. Popsicle. Of winners and losers" (2018) takes a critical look at the film work.

Award

The film received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film in 1979 . The film also took part in the 1978 Berlinale competition. According to film journalist Martin Hentschel , the film was also in the shortlist as one of a total of nineteen entries for the “best foreign language film” at the “ 51st Annual Academy Awards ” , as could be read in British distribution announcements at the time In the end, however, not among the five Oscar nominees in this category.

Sequels

These sequels were created in the following years:

Offshoot of Part IV:

  • Hasenjagd II (1983) (military clothes)

Remake with other main actors:

  • The Last American Virgin (1982)
  • Popsicle 2001 - the new generation (2001)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 188
  2. ↑ popsicles in the lexicon of international filmTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used called, 31. July 2010
  3. ↑ Martin Hentschel: Lemon Ice Cream, Sex & Rock'n Roll: The German-Israeli film series "Eis am Stiel" (1978–1988). Verlag für Video + Filmschrift, Düsseldorf 2016, ISBN 978-1539578727 , p. 22.