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You will laugh at Benigni trying to explain a record player to a monk. You will smile at Troisi’s quiet dignity. And in the end, sitting in the rain with Saverio, you might just find that there really is nothing left to do but cry. A masterpiece of melancholic comedy. Non Ci Resta Che Piangere is not just a film about time travel; it is a film about the impossibility of escape—whether from history, from illness, or from the ache of being human. Rating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5)

The film’s highest comedic set-piece involves their encounter with (played with pompous ignorance by a brilliant cameo). They find Columbus not as a visionary, but as a stubborn, illiterate narcissist who believes the world is shaped like a pear. When Saverio tries to correct him, Columbus becomes defensive. Mario asks him, "But if the world is round, why don't people in Australia fall off?" Columbus pauses and says, "God holds them." Non Ci Resta Che Piangere Film

In one excruciatingly funny scene, they try to introduce the concept of democracy to a feudal lord. The lord listens, nods, and then has his serfs beat them up. In another, they attempt to teach a local peasant how to make a pizza Margherita. Without tomatoes or mozzarella (imported later), they end up with a burnt piece of flatbread. You will laugh at Benigni trying to explain

The initial panic is pure Benigni: screaming, frantic gesturing, and attempts to explain quantum physics to a bewildered peasant. But reality soon sets in. They are not in Rome or Florence, the heart of the Renaissance; they are in a backward, muddy, illiterate village. There are no bathrooms, no pizza, no pasta with tomato sauce (tomatoes haven't arrived from America yet), and certainly no understanding of modern irony. A masterpiece of melancholic comedy