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One Man Up (2001)
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Original name: L'uomo in più
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) 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. (iTunes)
Style:
serious, sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, clever, captivating, talky, contemplative
Plot:
destiny, follow your dream, showbiz, vengeance, ambition, starting over, rise and fall, musician's life, career change, rising to stardom, addiction, family relations, life is a bitch, midlife crisis, lifestyle, drug abuse, downfall, artists and showbiz, athlete's life, cocaine, football, twists and turns, nightclub, unemployment, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, year 1984
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and captivating films with plots about artists and showbiz, ambition, family relations, hopes, lifestyle, unfulfillment and couples mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like One Man Up: The Jewel (2011), Whitney (2015), It Was the Son (2012), Queen of the Lot (2010), All That I Love (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 93 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 86 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Titta di Girolamo has been living in a small hotel in Lugano for ten years, he leads a dull and rigid live and has apparently lost his capability to feel human emotion. This all changes when he decides to talk to Sofia, the Barmaid.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 120 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Duration: 119 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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