Love Is a Fat Woman

Love Is A Fat Woman
Directed by	Alejandro Agresti
Produced by	Cesar Maidana
Written by	Alejandro Agresti
Starring	Elio Marchi Sergio Poves Campos
Music by	Paul M. van Brugge
Cinematography	Néstor Sanz
Editing by	René Wiegmans
Release date(s)	September 23, 1987
Running time	82 minutes
Country	Argentina Netherlands
Language	Spanish

Love Is A Fat Woman (Spanish: El Amor es una mujer gorda) is a 1987 Argentine drama film directed and written by Alejandro Agresti.

Release

The film premiered in Argentina on 12 April 2001. Alejandro Agresti won best director at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it premiered on 23 September 1987.

Plot

José is a young journalist who gets fired over refusing to write an article about an American film crew, overdramatizing the situation, in Argentina. When he goes looking for his old girlfriend, he runs into serious difficulties with the crew again. In a recent trip to Dublin, the director came across two Irish men, Darren O'Neill and Colm Rowan. It is said that after a week socialising and drinking with the two, he became inspired to make "Loving Fat Women" a sequel to his original movie. In it, he recaps the exploits of the Irish pair on his visit to Ireland and the many hefty women they encountered on their soirees. Already rated "R" it has captivated audiences in pre-screening for its explicitness and the braun of the two lead characters-Colm and Darren in their search of the next BIG prize"(I.e. Fat woman) Original titles considered for the film were "Fat Loving Criminals" and "Larger Than Life"

Cast

• Elio Marchi .... José
• Sergio Poves Campos .... Caferata
• Carlos Roffé
• Mario Luciani
• Enrique Morales
• Harry Havilio
• Tito Haas
• Christian Cardozo
• Federico Peralta Ramos
• Theodore McNabney (as Theo McNabey)
• Sergio Lerer
• Ernesto Ciliberti
• Silvina Chaine .... Mujer Tren
• Stella Fabrizzi
• José Glusman
• Norma Graziosi
• Silvana Silveri

External links

• Love Is a Fat Woman at the Internet Movie Database
• Love Is A Fat Woman at AllRovi