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A Matter of Size tells the story of four overweight friends from the Israeli city of Ramle who are fed up of dieting and the weight loss club they belong to. Herzl (Itzik Cohen) has been struggling with his weight ever since he was young, and his overbearing mother made it no easier on him. When he loses his job as a cook and starts washing dishes in a Japanese restaurant, Herzl discovers the world of Sumo, where large people such as himself are honored and appreciated.
Through the restaurant owner Kitano (Togo Igawa), a former Japanese Sumo coach (supposedly hiding from the Yakuza in Israel), Herzl and his friends fall in love with a sport involving "two fatsos in diapers and girly hairdos". However, Herzl's dedication to this demanding men-only sport threatens his budding relationship with Zehava, a plus-size social worker.
A Matter of Size is a comedy about a 'coming out' of a different kind - overweight people learning to accept themselves.
Original Release
04/27/2009
US Release
04/27/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Itzik Cohen | Herzl / Herzl Mesika |
Irit Kaplan | Zehava |
Dvir Benedek | Aharon / Aharon Ben-David |
Alon Dahan | Gidi / Gidi Shemesh |
Levana Finkelstein | Mona Mesika |
Evelin Hagoel | Geula |
Hilla Sarjon | Dina Ben-David / Dina |
Albert Iluz | Restaurant Manager |
Shaul Ezer | Private Investigator |
Itzik Konfino | Prisoner |
Directors
Writers
Sharon Maymon, Danny Cohen-Solal
Cast
Name | Character |
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Itzik Cohen | Herzl / Herzl Mesika |
Irit Kaplan | Zehava |
Dvir Benedek | Aharon / Aharon Ben-David |
Alon Dahan | Gidi / Gidi Shemesh |
Levana Finkelstein | Mona Mesika |
Evelin Hagoel | Geula |
Hilla Sarjon | Dina Ben-David / Dina |
Albert Iluz | Restaurant Manager |
Shaul Ezer | Private Investigator |
Itzik Konfino | Prisoner |
Togo Igawa | Kitano |
Tal Ooga | Herzl the Boy |
Gil Soriano | Dishwasher |
Ilanit Dado | Yardena |
Ra'anan Hefetz | Plot Owner |
Oshri Sahar | Einav |
Shmulik Cohen | Sami |
Yuki Iwamoto | |
Ofira Rahamim | |
Laliv Sivan | Waitress |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bill Stephens | Executive Producer |
Franziska An der Gassen | Producer |
Daniel Baur | Producer |
Guy Cohen | Producer |
Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre | Producer |
Kainan Eldar | Producer |
Eric Heumann | Producer |
Tami Leon | Producer |
Chilik Michaeli | Producer |
Avraham Pirchi | Producer |
Oda Schaefer | Producer |
Micha Shagrir | Producer |
Marc Sillam | Producer |
Oliver Simon | Producer |