YOUNG LOVE

The story begins in the summer of 1958. Benji (Bentzi in the Hebrew release, played by Yiftach Katzur), Bobby (Momo in the Hebrew release, played by Jonathan Sagall) and Huey (Yuda'le in the Hebrew release, played by Zachi Noy) are three teenage boys in the city of Tel Aviv in the late 1950s who study at the Shalva Gymnasium high school and pass the time, among other things, at the Montana Ice Cream Shop.

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. At the Friday party at Huey's, Benji sees Niki dancing with Bobby and Huey tells him that if she is in Bobby's hands, he has no chance with her. Learning that Nili is a virgin, Bobby brags to his friends that he will seduce, then dump her, much to Benji's dismay. However, Benji is too dependent on his friends and too reluctant to ruin their friendship to warn Niki of Bobby's intentions, and must watch as Bobby and Niki begin dating. The frustrated Benji drinks an entire bottle of wine and gets drunk, and Huey has to take him home. The next day Benji goes to work selling ice, until a female customer calls out to the owner of the business from the window to send Benji to her with the ice. It turns out that the woman (Ophelia Shtruhl) is an older olah named Stella ("the ultimate Stella") and she tries to seduce Benji, but he tells her that he has to go back to work and that he will come visit her. Benji calls Bobby and Huey to come with him to the woman's house. There, after drinking whisky and dancing, they enter her room one by one and have sex with her. When it's Benji's turn, a friend of Stella's, Johnny the Sailor, enters the apartment. 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 few days later, Bobby asks Benji for the keys to his grandmother's apartment, so he can bring Niki there and Benji says he will get it for him. That evening, when the three meet at the ice cream shop, Benzi says that his mother hid the keys. Bobby gives up spending time with Niki and goes with the three to Ricki the whore (Denise Bozaglou). The next day, all three feel itching in the groin area and it turns out that they got pubic lice from Ricky. They go to the pharmacy and ask him for an ointment for this issue. 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 Yarkon River and they are about to have sex. Later in the evening, Bobby appears at the ice cream parlor and tells Benji about his time with Niki.

At the end of year school ceremony, Benji sees Niki arguing with Bobby and then sees her leaving the auditorium crying. Outside she tells him that she is pregnant. Benji comforts Niki and then bursts into the sports hall in a rage, and starts fighting with Bobby. Benji takes Niki to have an abortion and pays for it with his own money. 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. Benji confesses his love to Niki and they kiss. She invites him to her birthday party next Monday and he confirms his arrival. Benji buys her a precious gold heart pendant with the words "To Niki with Love" engraved on it. When Benji arrives at the party, he looks for Niki and finds her in the kitchen – cuddling with Bobby. Niki and Bobby notice the shocked Benji, and he leaves the party heartbroken to the tune of the song "Mr. Lonely".

After Niki reveals she is pregnant, Benji comforts her, confronts Bobby in anger, and helps Niki by paying for her abortion, selling his bike to afford it.

The ending resolves the tangled web of teenage love, betrayal, and responsibility, as Benji steps up for Niki despite his own heartbreak. It underlines the coming-of-age theme, with Benji’s self-sacrifice marking a bittersweet passage from adolescent antics to adult consequences. The film lands on a note of hard-earned maturity, contrasting the earlier comedic escapades with the sobering realities of youthful mistakes.