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
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
01:16:23 Hey, Zehava, it's Herzl again
01:16:34 and I promise not to bother you again.
01:16:42 If not, then I wanted to tell you I'm sorry and I love you.
01:16:53 Hey, Zehava, it's Aaron.
01:16:57 You know I'm sick of his ass.
01:17:38 Welcome, please, Gideon Shemesh, Herzl K'futza, Aaron Ben-David
01:17:59 Who is?
01:18:05 Herzl! Herzl!
01:18:38 Thanks.
01:20:23 Did you see Zehava?
01:20:31 You are just like your father
01:20:40 They're calling you.
01:22:47 Zahava, open, please.
01:22:55 I'm sorry I was not honest with you. I have to talk to you.
01:23:09 It's stronger than me, Zehava.
01:23:21 Zehava, I lied because I did not want to go.
01:23:29 This is the first time in my life I feel like somebody.
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.
01:24:10 Zahava, I love you.
01:24:33 I know you for only three months.
01:24:42 And you're the the most unromantic man I know.
01:25:56 Hebrew production subtitles from Cinematip Studios Ltd. English subtitles via Google Translate.