24 Jun 2006
The Foot Fist Way
An inept taekwondo instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow taekwondo enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Williams.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Itzik Cohen Herzl
דביר בנדק Aharon
Alon Dahan Gidi
Shmulik Cohen Sami
עירית קפלן Zehava
Togo Igawa Kitano
Levana Finkelstein Mona Mesika
Hilla Sarjon Dina
Evelin Hagoel Geula
אלברט אילוז Restaurant Manager
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