One Man Up

{{Short description|2001 film by Paolo Sorrentino}}

{{Infobox film

| name = One Man Up

| image = One Man Up.jpg

| caption =

| director = Paolo Sorrentino

| writer = Paolo Sorrentino

| starring =Toni Servillo

| music = Pasquale Catalano

| cinematography = Pasquale Mari

| editing = Giogiò Franchini

| producer =

| released = {{Film date|2001}}

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

}}

One Man Up ({{langx|it|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.{{cite news|last=Paolo D'Agostini|title=Due esistenze in bilico fra morte e resurrezione|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/09/01/due-esistenze-in-bilico-fra-morte-resurrezione.html?ref=search|access-date=28 February 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=August 31, 2001|archive-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814214817/https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/09/01/due-esistenze-in-bilico-fra-morte-resurrezione.html?ref=search|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Jay Weissberg|title=Review: 'Viva la liberta'|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/viva-la-liberta-1200506775/|access-date=25 February 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=August 31, 2001|archive-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225025442/http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/viva-la-liberta-1200506775/|url-status=live}} It marked the directorial debut of Paolo Sorrentino, who was awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director.{{cite news|title=Nastro d' argento e ciak d' oro in corsa per l' Oscar europeo|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/09/24/nastro-argento-ciak-oro-in.html?ref=search|access-date=1 March 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=24 September 2006|archive-date=5 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305131648/http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/09/24/nastro-argento-ciak-oro-in.html?ref=search|url-status=live}} 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.