One Man Up

One Man Up

2001 · 100 min · IT · NR · 7.2 (197 votes)
Dir. Paolo Sorrentino · Starring Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Nello Mascia, Antonino Bruschetta, Roberto De Francesco, Angela Goodwin · Music Pasquale Catalano
ComedyDrama

The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends after a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.

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A poignant, yet often funny, look at two men adrift in midlife. It feels like a warm, slightly faded photograph of a life lived, filled with the echoes of past glories and the quiet hum of everyday existence.

melancholicwistfulbittersweetcomedicsteadyItalian dramedycharacter-drivenslice-of-lifefamefailureidentitynostalgia
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