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This seventh movie of the Israeli "Lemon Popsicle" movie series came out 9 years after the first, so it was roughly one film per year. That is also why none of the humor is really new and the stories are nothing that hasn't been there before. Katzur is on his way to finding the true love for the 2326727th time and he also has all the dramatic moments. Noy is in there for the comedy exclusively and Sagall is a mix of both. The latter was not in the sixth movie, but here he is back. Also, later on he played in Spielberg's "Schindler's List". This movie, which runs for 80 minutes roughly, also has Leonard Lansink in the cast. For German audiences he may be a familiar name because of his work in Wilsberg. The writer from this 7th film also wrote many Wilsberg episodes, probably not a coincidence. And Walter Bannert, the director, has also a long list of German television projects in his resumé. Sibylle Rauch may also be known to some German-speaking watchers. Sonja Martin probably is not, but she is a bit of a regular in this movie series.This film has all the usual ingredients: beach action, flirting, making out, some nudity, some pseudo drama (intrigue on alleged cheating) and the known trio (romantic, chaotic, Casanova). Not any character development at all anymore. One of the girls looked like Betty from the Flintstones movie in a scene early in the film. The highlight of the film is the music once again. Many known songs were used here, such as "La Bamba", "Great Balls of Fire" (also in movie number 6), "Volare". The sixth movie took place mostly on a yacht, this one has many scenes in a hotel. My personal highlight was the wonderful "Save the Last Dance for Me" at the end. IMDb lists the original language as German, but I have doubts here. Lots of dubbing for sure in this movie, at least the main characters.