One Man Up
(2001)
★ 7.1 IMDb · 277 votes
Year: 2001
Runtime: 100 мин
Country: Italy
Director: Паоло Соррентино
Cast: Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Nello Mascia, Ninni Bruschetta, Roberto De Francesco, Angela Goodwin, Enrica Rosso, Clotilde Sabatino, Italo Celoro, Beniamino Femiano
Plot
Two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, see their lives go downhill in 1980s Naples. One is a crooner embroiled in a sex scandal; the other is a football player whose career is cut short by an injury.
The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (La Grande Bellezza) is a stylish and blackly comic look at the dark side of fame. Evocatively 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 (Toni Servillo, Gomorrah) is a pop singer who finds himself washed up after a sex scandal ends his run of success; the other (Andrea Renzi) a football hero whose playing career is abruptly cut short by injury. Sharply observed and featuring excellent performances from the two leads, Sorrentino's compelling film explores the personal consequences wrought by cruel reversals of fortune.