''Love Is A Fat Woman'' (Spanish: ''El Amor es una mujer gorda'') is a 1987

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written and directed by

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Synopsis

José is a young

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who gets fired over refusing to write an article about an American film crew, overdramatizing the situation, in

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. When he goes looking for his old girlfriend, he runs into serious difficulties with the crew again.

Cast

* Elio Marchi ... José * Sergio Poves Campos ... Caferata *

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* Mario Luciani * Enrique Morales * Harry Havilio *

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* Christian Cardozo * Federico Peralta Ramos * Theodore McNabney (as Theo McNabey) * Sergio Lerer * Ernesto Ciliberti * Silvina Chaine ... Woman on the Train * Stella Fabrizzi * José Glusman * Norma Graziosi *

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Planned sequel

In a recent trip to

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, the director came across two

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men, Darren O'Neill and Brian Bell. 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 (Brian 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".

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* * 1987 films Dutch drama films 1987 drama films 1980s Spanish-language films Films directed by Alejandro Agresti Films about journalists Films set in Argentina Argentine drama films 1980s Argentine films {{1980s-drama-film-stub