A Matter of Size

A Matter of Size (2009)

Directed by Erez Tadmor

1h 30m

Comedy

| Drama

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.

Cast

Itzik Cohen

Itzik Cohen

Herzl

Dvir Benedek

Dvir Benedek

Aharon

Alon Dahan

Alon Dahan

Gidi

Shmulik Cohen

Shmulik Cohen

Sami

Irit Kaplan

Irit Kaplan

Zehava

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

Kitano

Levana Finkelstein

Levana Finkelstein

Mona Mesika

Hilla Sarjon

Hilla Sarjon

Dina

Evelin Hagoel

Evelin Hagoel

Geula

Crew

Erez Tadmor

Erez Tadmor

Director

Sharon Maymon

Sharon Maymon

Director

Danny Cohen-Solal

Danny Cohen-Solal

Screenplay

Sharon Maymon

Sharon Maymon

Screenplay

Inbal Shuki

Inbal Shuki

Costume Designer

David Gurfinkel

David Gurfinkel

Director of Photography

Einat Glaser-Zarhin

Einat Glaser-Zarhin

Editor

Yoram Shayer

Yoram Shayer

Art Direction

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