Nothing Left to Do but Cry (1984) on Netflix
Saverio, a teacher, and Mario, a janitor, are driving through the Tuscan countryside when their car gets stuck. They take shelter at an inn and wake up in the late 15th century.
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Mario is a janitor and Saverio a teacher, friends driving through the Tuscan countryside. Waiting at a level crossing, Saverio talks about his sister Gabriella, depressed since a relationship with an American boy ended. They take a road through the fields, their car gets stuck and rain comes; at an inn they share a room with a stranger. In the morning a spear kills the man, and cloaked figures ride off. Downstairs, people dressed strangely tell them they are in Frittole, a village at the end of the fifteenth century. Vitellozzo, brother of the dead man Remigio, takes them in and speaks of a feud with Giuliano del Capecchio. They meet Parisina, mother of the two brothers, and work in the family butcher shop. Saverio settles into the era, while Mario meets Pia, a rich man's daughter.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nothing Left to Do but Cry (1984)
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- While filming in the Umbrian countryside, Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi pranked Carlo Monni, who played Vitellozzo, into saying scurrilous things about Amanda Sandrelli's mother, the actress Stefania Sandrelli; Amanda heard it and slapped Monni at his camper.
- Benigni and Troisi said in an interview that the film's notorious customs scene had to be shot over and over again because the two of them were unable to stop themselves from laughing.
- Halfway through the film Benigni and Troisi had shot so much superfluous material that they were forced to erase episodes, including one that would have cast their mutual friend Marco Messeri as Girolamo Savonarola.
- During filming in the Umbrian countryside, Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi pranked Carlo Monni, who plays Vitellozzo, into saying scurrilous things about Stefania Sandrelli, the mother of actress Amanda Sandrelli. Amanda heard it, went to Monni's camper and slapped him.
- Benigni and Troisi said in an interview that the film's customs scene was shot over and over again because neither of them could stay serious.
- Halfway through the film, Benigni and Troisi had shot so much superfluous material that they were forced to cut episodes, including one that would have cast their mutual friend Marco Messeri as Girolamo Savonarola.
