A Matter of Size (2009)

  • NR
  • 04/27/2009 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 30m

Overview

Four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle are fed up of dieting and the dieting club they belong to. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a dishwasher in a Japanese restaurant in Ramle he discovers the world of Sumo where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated. Through Kitano (60 kilos), the restaurant owner, a former Sumo coach in Japan (who is supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), he falls in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". Herzl wants Kitano to be their coach but Kitano is reluctant - they first have to earn their spurs. "A MATTER OF SIZE" is a comedy about a ‘coming out’ of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.

Danny Cohen-Solal

Screenplay

Erez Tadmor

Director

Sharon Maymon

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Itzik Cohen's headshot

Itzik Cohen

Herzl
Dvir Benedek's headshot

Dvir Benedek

Aharon
Alon Dahan's headshot

Alon Dahan

Gidi
Shmulik Cohen's headshot

Shmulik Cohen

Sami
Irit Kaplan's headshot

Irit Kaplan

Zehava
Togo Igawa's headshot

Togo Igawa

Kitano
Levana Finkelstein's headshot

Levana Finkelstein

Mona Mesika
Hilla Sarjon's headshot

Hilla Sarjon

Dina

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