A Matter of Size (Sippur Gadol) 15 years old

A Matter of Size

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.

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A Matter of Size Cast

Name Character
Togo Igawa He was 62, now 78 years old as Kitano
Alon Dahan He was 37, now 52 years old as Gidi
Dvir Benedek He was 39, now 54 years old as Aharon
Itzik Cohen He was 40, now 56 years old as Herzl
Irit Kaplan She was 35, now 51 years old as Zehava
Shumlik Cohen as Sami

A Matter of Size Crew

Name Department
Erez Tadmor as Director. He was 35 (now 50) years old Directing
Sharon Maymon as Director. He was 35 (now 51) years old Directing
Sharon Maymon as Screenplay. He was 35 (now 51) years old Writing
Danny Cohen-Solal as Screenplay. He was 39 (now 55) years old Writing
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A Matter of Size (15 years)

  • Release day: Monday, April 27, 2009
  • Runtime: 90 minutes