One Man Up
2001 film by Paolo Sorrentino
- 2001 (2001)
One Man Up (Italian: L'uomo in più) is a 2001 Italian comedy-drama film. It entered the "Cinema del presente" section at the 58th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2] It marked the directorial debut of Paolo Sorrentino, who was awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director.[3] The film also won the Ciak d'oro for the script and the Grolla d'oro to actor Toni Servillo.[3]
Plot
Set during the eighties, the film charts the decline of two men both named Antonio Pisapia who lead entirely separate yet strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer who finds himself washed up after a sex scandal ends his run of success; the other a football hero whose playing career is abruptly cut short by injury.
Cast
- Toni Servillo - Antonio "Tony" Pisapia
- Andrea Renzi - Antonio Pisapia
- Nello Mascia - Il Molosso
- Ninni Bruschetta - Genny
- Angela Goodwin - Mother of Tony
- Roberto De Francesco - Gigi Moscati
- Peppe Lanzetta - Salvatore
See also
References
- ^ Paolo D'Agostini (August 31, 2001). "Due esistenze in bilico fra morte e resurrezione". La Repubblica. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Jay Weissberg (August 31, 2001). "Review: 'Viva la liberta'". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Nastro d' argento e ciak d' oro in corsa per l' Oscar europeo". La Repubblica. 24 September 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
External links
- One Man Up at IMDb
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Paolo Sorrentino filmography
- One Man Up (2001)
- The Consequences of Love (2004)
- The Family Friend (2006)
- Il Divo (2008)
- This Must Be the Place (2011)
- The Great Beauty (2013)
- Youth (2015)
- Loro (2018)
- The Hand of God (2021)
- Parthenope (2024)
- The Young Pope (2016)
- The New Pope (2020)
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