Living Large
Original title:Zivot k sezrání
Czech Republic
2024
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Introduction
12-year-old Ben has just hit puberty and suddenly his weight’s a problem – for him and for everyone else. The other kids bully him, his divorced parents don’t know what to do. Even the school nurse is worried about him. So, despite his love of food and his emerging talent as a chef, Ben decides to take drastic action. He starts to diet. Maybe that can turn things round. And even win the heart of Klara, the girl of his dreams… Finally Ben will learn that what truly matters isn’t how you look – it’s how you feel.
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Director
Kristina Dufková
"Kristina Dufková (1978) is a director, animator and artist, a graduate of FAMU. Between 1993 and 1997 she studied at the Jan Neruda Gymnasium in Prague, continuing her studies at the Higher Vocational School of Film in Písek, where she majored in animation. From 2000-2010 she studied animation at FAMU. LIVING LARGE is her debut feature.
For her graduation film USNULA JSEM (A TEAR IS NEEDED) (2008), in which she also cast her partner Jiří Macháček and her daughter Berta, she won the Best Animated Film Award at Anifest 2009. She later published a book of the same name. Dufková's film work stands out for its excellent animation and visual stylisation. In her artistic work she combines the world of children and the world of adults"