Director Yaky Yosha's ''Summertime Blues'' (1984) is a youth drama about the last summer before the army, the last summer altogether. Although somewhat similar in content to the

Lemon Popsicle ''Lemon Popsicle'' ( he, אסקימו לימון, Eskimo Limon) is a 1978 teen comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Boaz Davidson. The success of the film led to a series of sequels. The cult film follows a group of three teenage boys i ...

(Eskimo Limon) series, with a soundtrack full of rock and roll hits and a group of teens pursuing sex, it is a different film than the eighth Lemon Popsicle film four years later, which unfortunately was given the same sub-title '' Lemon Popsicle VIII - Summertime Blues''.

Plot

It is the last summer before the army, an early 1980s Tel-Aviv summer, prior to the

1982 Lebanon War The 1982 Lebanon War, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee ( he, מבצע שלום הגליל, or מבצע של"ג ''Mivtsa Shlom HaGalil'' or ''Mivtsa Sheleg'') by the Israeli government, later known in Israel as the Lebanon War or the First L ...

. Four friends are walking on the wild side before life starts walking over them. They have a Rock'n'Roll band and so, they're trying to add some

sex Sex is the trait that determines whether a sexually reproducing animal or plant produces male or female gametes. Male plants and animals produce smaller mobile gametes (spermatozoa, sperm, pollen), while females produce larger ones (ova, oft ...

and

drugs A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalat ...

and devour the whole enchilada. It will take them a hot summer to realize how young and naive they still are, how what really turns them on is first love, first heartache and everything in between. The original ending titles shows the protagonists' photos with information on those that died in service.Alvin H. Rosenfeld ''Resurgent Antisemitism: Global Perspectives''-2013 Page 380 0253008905 - "In a similar vein, the television version of Yaki Yosha's Summertime Blues (1984)—about the summer of several youngsters before they join the army — eliminated the original ending that shows the protagonists' images with information on their deaths in service."

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* 1984 films 1980s Hebrew-language films Films directed by Yaky Yosha Films set in 1982 1980s teen drama films Films set in Tel Aviv Israeli teen drama films 1984 drama films {{Israel-film-stub