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After his mother has an accident, obese Julien (14) is taken in by his uncle's family in Switzerland. The family, who to all appearances are totally "normal", make Julien's nutrition and well-being their highest priority. But then Julien falls in love with Keiko, a young Japanese girl. In order to seduce her he pretends to be a Sumo-champion but soon finds himself in a quandary: he needs to lose weight for his new family, but he needs to gain weight if he is going to take part in the Sumo training and seduce Keiko. Bit by bit Julien's lies start to crumble and it becomes very apparent that the other protagonists' notion of normality is very relative.
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Cast
27 people
Pierre Salandre
Julien
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Agnès Soral
Marie-Claire
Known for
So Long, Stooge
The Antidote
Philippe Berthet
Nicole Borgeat
Wladimir Yordanoff
François
Known for
OSS 117: From Africa with Love
An Officer and a Spy
Denis Rabaglia
Jean-Marc Fröhle
Policeman
Li Xing
Keiko
Also in
The Perfect Match
The Tenants Downstairs
Marianne Brun
Vincent Gonet
Ingrid Juveneton
Clotilde
Also in
Bright-eyed Revenge
Love Me If You Dare
Xavier Grin
Nicole Borgeat Director
Budget $1.6M · First release April 23, 2008 · Produced in France, Switzerland
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Budget
$1,600,000
Production
TSR
Production
Point Prod
Production
13 Prods
Production
13 Productions
Production
France · Switzerland
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Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Switzerland · April 23, 2008
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
September 24, 2008 · Theatrical
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