One Man Up
Appearance
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Directed by | Paolo Sorrentino |
Written by | Paolo Sorrentino |
Starring | Toni Servillo |
Cinematography | Pasquale Mari |
Music by | Pasquale Catalano |
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Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Paolo D'Agostini (August 31, 2001). "Due esistenze in bilico fra morte e resurrezione". La Repubblica. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Jay Weissberg (August 31, 2001). "Review: 'Viva la liberta'". Variety. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Nastro d' argento e ciak d' oro in corsa per l' Oscar europeo". La Repubblica. 24 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
External links
[edit]- One Man Up at IMDb
Categories:
- 2001 films
- 2001 comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Paolo Sorrentino
- Italian association football films
- Italian comedy-drama films
- 2001 directorial debut films
- Films set in 1980
- Films set in 1984
- Films about singers
- Films with screenplays by Paolo Sorrentino
- 2000s Italian films
- 2000s Italian film stubs
- 2000s comedy-drama film stubs