Main Cast: Massimo Troisi, Roberto Benigni, Amanda Sandrelli
Release Year: 1984
Country: IT
Run Time: 113 minutes
Plot
Two of Italy's top comics, Massimo Troisi and Roberto Benigni teamed up to write (with Giuseppe Bertolucci), direct, and star in this comedy about two men accidentally thrown back to the year 1492. In a series of comic sketches, two friends, Saverio (Benigni) and Mario (Troisi) suddenly find themselves in 1492 while on a drive in the Italian countryside. Saverio is enthusiastic, but Mario just wants a ticket home, until he meets the nubile Pia (Amanda Sandrelli). Then Saverio suggests that if they can prevent Christopher Columbus from sailing to the New World, America would never be discovered and the Native Americans would not suffer. Along with this scheme come skits like Saverio explaining a few modern machines to Leonardo Da Vinci. In-between these highlights are lower ebbs in the comic flow, making the end result slightly under the capabilities of both comedians. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Non ci resta che piangere (in the U.S. is also knows as Nothing Left to Do But Cry) is a 1984 Italiancomedy film, starring the academy award winnerRoberto Benigni and the academy award nominatedMassimo Troisi, who are also directors and writers of the movie.
The school janitor Mario (Massimo Troisi) and the teacher Saverio (Roberto Benigni) have a car failure and decide to spend the night at an inn. The next morning they awake in Florence in 1492.
Berlinguer: I Love You (1977) (with Giuseppe Bertolucci) ·Seeking Asylum (1979) (with Gérard Brach and Marco Ferreri) ·Tutto Benigni (1983) (with Giuseppe Bertolucci)
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