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A Matter of Size poster
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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 70.7 / 100
2009·Comedy / Drama / Romance·1h 30m

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.

Above the Line
Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor·DirectorDanny Cohen-Solal·ScreenplaySharon Maymon·ScreenplayDavid Gurfinkel·Director of PhotographyEinat Glaser-Zarhin·Editor
Cast
Itzik Cohen·HerzlDvir Benedek·AharonAlon Dahan·GidiShmulik Cohen·SamiIrit Kaplan·ZehavaTogo Igawa·KitanoLevana Finkelstein·Mona MesikaHila Sorjon-Fisher·DinaEvelin Hagoel·GeulaAlbert Iluz·Restaurant Manager
Full Crew
(8 credits)
Directing· 2
Erez Tadmor·DirectorSharon Maymon·Director
Writing· 2
Danny Cohen-Solal·ScreenplaySharon Maymon·Screenplay
Camera· 1
David Gurfinkel·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Einat Glaser-Zarhin·Editor
Art & Design· 2
Yoram Shayer·Art DirectionInbal Shuki·Costume Designer
By the Numbers
70.7
OF 100
Master Score
6.9
OF 10
IMDb
85%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

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Dominant Palette
3 colors
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Mood
Humorous, Lighthearted
Composition
Layered
Era
2000s
Visual Style
Photographic

“The movie poster for "A Matter of Size" features four large, shirtless men in red sumo mawashi (loincloths) and one slender man in dark clothing standing in a f”

comedy
Key Elements
Sumo Mawashi
Atmosphere
Bright
Color Mood
Mixed
Setting
Wilderness
Design Score
7/10
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