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THE FAT TO BED, THE SLIM TO THE BALL...

POLISH TITLE: GRUBA DO ŁÓŻKA, CHUDA NA BAL...

The title statement is a sentence often uttered by the main characters of the film.They are trying to find their place in life and the society which doesn’t tolerate any misfits. They are supported in it by the webpage
www.XL-pozytywnie.pl, run by one of the happy ‘plump’ women. It is an unconventional guide for the obese, with recipes concerning all the spheres of existence ranging from fashion through health to recreation and sex.
 

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
50'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Konrad Szołajski
DOP:
Rafał Jerzak, Piotr Piesiak
EDITOR:
Jan Mikołaj Mironowicz
PRODUCTION:
TVP 1 S.A.

Konrad Szołajski »

born in 1956 in Warsaw. He earned his degree in Polish Philology from Warsaw University (1979) and in Film Directing from the Radio and Television Department of the Silesia University in Katowice (1985). He went to study at the National Film School in Beaconsfield on a British Council Scholarship. He has made a number of fiction films including Egg (1984), Man of… (1993), Operation GOAT (1999) as well as documentaries, which include She Kick-boxer (1997), Sex Teacher (1998), She – MP (2002), Alwernia (2004), Funeral People (2004), The Fat to Bed, the Slim to the Ball (2006) and Entrappers (2007).