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מיכה שגריר
קטלוג הסרטים
Year
1999
Duration
90
Genre
Production details
Production country: Israel, France, Germany
Country of Filming: Israel
Image: color
Languages: Hebrew, Japanese with Hebrew subtitles
Available Formats: DVD
Credits
Director: Sharon Maymon, Erez Tadmor
Producer: Chilik Michaeli, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, Oliver Simon, Daniel Baur
Production Company: United Channel Movies, K5 International
Co-Producers: Eric Heumann, Marc Sillam, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Micha Shagrir
Original Idea: Sharon Maymon
Script: Sharon Maymon, Danny Cohen-Solal
Cinematography: David Gurfinkel
Editing: Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Casting: Levana Hakim
Art Direction: Yoram Shayer
Costume Design: Inbal Shuki
Sound Design: Ronen Nagel
Sound Mix: Israel David, Ronen Nagel
Music: Eyal Leon Katzav
Cast: Itzik Cohen, Irit Kaplan, Dvir Benedek, alon Dahan, Shmulik Cohen, Evelin Hagoel, Levana Finkelstein, Togo Igawa, Hila Sarjon, Ofira Rahamim, Albert Iluz, Yuki Iwamoto
A group of obese people from the Israeli city of Ramla is fed up with their strict diet regime. Herzl, an obese man, starts working as a dish washer in a Japanese restaurant where he is exposed to the world of Sumo through Kitano, the restaurant manager, who was a Sumo coach in Japan. Herzl falls in love with the Sumo world and persuades Kitano to coach him and his obese friends. One by one, Herzl's friends leave their dieting club and discover the world of Sumo, where fat people like them are honored and appreciated. Through Sumo, they connect to themselves and their fat bodies, each one in his or her individual way.
(From Israeli Film Center Website)
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