Heavy Craving (2019) on Netflix
Jiang Ying-Juan, 30 and 105 kilograms, loves to cook and works at her mother's childcare center. A deliveryman, Wu, saves her from harassment on a bus and urges her to lose weight.
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- Netflix3.2/5
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Plot summary
At 30, Jiang Ying-Juan weighs 105 kilograms and is known as Ms. Dinosaur. She loves to cook and works at the childcare center her mother runs. Her mother wants her to lose weight, a neighbor laughs at her, and strangers bother her on the bus. A deliveryman named Wu saves her from harassment and encourages her to lose weight, and she decides to try. A cross-dressing student becomes another friend. She joins a slimming center, where the plan is aggressive.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Heavy Craving (2019)
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- Lead actress Tsai Chia-yin gained 10 kg for the role and then had to lose 8 kg because the story required it; she also spent long stretches in a fat suit and did repeated weight-loss workouts, which left her exhausted.
- 《大餓》 was director Hsieh Pei-ju's first theatrical feature and grew out of her own life: she was mocked as a child by relatives and classmates for being overweight and was nicknamed "A-Fei" ("Fatty") in her teens, which made her lose confidence.
- Tsai Chia-yin won the 2019 Taipei Film Award for Best Newcomer and became the first winner of the Taiwan Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress in its inaugural year, and she was nominated for the 56th Golden Horse Award for Best New Actor.
