A Matter of Size
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
2009-04-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Hebrew
Vote Count
23
Vote Average
6
Itzik Cohen
Herzl
Dvir Benedek
Aharon
Alon Dahan
Gidi
Shmulik Cohen
Sami
Irit Kaplan
Zehava
Togo Igawa
Kitano
Levana Finkelstein
Mona Mesika
Hilla Sarjon
Dina
Evelin Hagoel
Geula
Albert Iluz
Restaurant Manager
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