''One Man Up'' () is a 2001 Italian comedy-drama film. It entered the "Cinema del presente" section at the 58th Venice International Film Festival. It marked the directorial debut of

Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino (; ; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has of ...

, who was awarded

Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critic ...

. The film also won the Ciak d'oro for the script and the Grolla d'oro to actor Toni Servillo.

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

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* 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 Indigo Film films Films produced by Nicola Giuliano {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub

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