Fat People

Gordos (2009), a Spanish ensemble comedy-drama directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, is available to watch online on iFILM. The title translates as "fat people" — but weight is just the surface.

Five characters, one support group, no interest in calorie counts. Antonio de la Torre and Raúl Arévalo lead a cast working through everything that drove them to food: fear, grief, loneliness, need. The film weaves their stories together with care — each person's reason is different, and Arévalo lets all five breathe.

Arévalo had already made Dark Blue Almost Black (2006), one of Spain's sharper character films of the mid-2000s, and carries the same instinct here — specific people, messy lives, no easy resolutions. Stream Gordos (2009) online on iFILM.