A Matter of Size
2009 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,018 VOTES · DIR. Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 63 lines
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01:16:23 Hey, Zehava, it's Herzl again
01:16:37 Look, just now I had an unidentified cell phone call.
01:16:47 The competition will be soon and I wanted you to come.
01:16:55 I just wanted to say I've had enough with his moping.
01:17:01 Hey, Zehava, I'm gay. Bye.
01:17:57 That's my son.
01:18:05 Herzl! Herzl!
01:18:38 Thanks.
01:20:23 Did you see Zehava?
01:20:33 like there was something special to catch in a woman.
01:22:00 I lost. - I know.
01:22:50 Zehava.
01:23:01 You want to talk like this, then we'll talk this way.
01:23:16 I lie so everyone will be satisfied.
01:23:27 Zehava ...
01:23:37 And not just because of Sumo.
01:23:48 You know who won and did not take the trophy?
01:24:01 Because I miss you, Zehava.
01:24:13 My heart is not only a muscle.
01:24:36 One of which we weren't talking because you're a liar.
01:24:47 Is that a yes?