Cinematography:
David GurfinkelCast:
Itzik Cohen, Dvir Benedek, Alon Dahan, Shmulik Cohen, Levana Finkelstein, Evelin Hagoel, Irit Kaplan, Togo Igawa, Ra'anan Hefetz, Hilla Sarjon, Ilanit Dado (more)Plots(1)
A group of fat people from the Israeli city of Ramle is fed up with the dictatorship of diets. They leave their dieting club and discover the world of sumo, where fat people like them are honored and appreciated. Through sumo they connect to themselves and their fat body, each one in his own way. Herzl, an obese guy, starts to work as a dish washer in a Japanese restaurant where he is exposed to the world of Sumo through Kitano, the restaurant manager, who was a Sumo coach in Japan. Herzl falls in love with the Sumo world and persuades Kitano to be the Sumo coach of him and his obese friends. A Matter of Size is a movie about the coming out of the closet of fat people and about their ability to accept their fatness and relate positively to their body through the world of sumo. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Itzik Cohen
Israel
Best movies:
Maktub (2017)
A Matter of Size (2009)
Oslo (2021) (TV movie)
Dvir Benedek
Best movies:
The Attack (2012)
A Matter of Size (2009)
Golda (2023)
Alon Dahan
Best movies:
The Promise (2011) (series)
The Syrian Bride (2004)
A Matter of Size (2009)
Shmulik Cohen
Best movies:
A Matter of Size (2009)
The Vanishing Soldier (2023)
Levana Finkelstein
Bulgaria
Best movies:
The Farewell Party (2014)
The Little Traitor (2007)
A Matter of Size (2009)
Evelin Hagoel
Morocco
Best movies:
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014)
A Matter of Size (2009)
Turn Left at the End of the World (2004)
Irit Kaplan
Israel
Best movies:
Apples from the Desert (2014)
Foxtrot (2017)
A Matter of Size (2009)
Togo Igawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Gentlemen (2019)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Tetris (2023)
Ra'anan Hefetz
Best movies:
A Matter of Size (2009)
Joe + Belle (2011)
Chain of Command (1994)
Hilla Sarjon
Israel
Best movies:
The Farewell Party (2014)
The Band's Visit (2007)
Maktub (2017)
Ilanit Dado
Best movies:
The Farewell Party (2014)
A Matter of Size (2009)
Itzik Konfino
Best movies:
The Farewell Party (2014)
A Matter of Size (2009)