| One Man Up | |
| Director: | Paolo Sorrentino |
| Starring: | Toni Servillo |
| Music: | Pasquale Catalano |
| Cinematography: | Pasquale Mari |
| 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]
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.