Totally unawares, Saverio, a teacher and Mario, a janitor of the same school in which they both work, travel back in time and find themselves in central Italy at the end of the 15th century. They carry with them an unresolved squabble concerning Saverio’s sister, creating a lot of tension between the two, which will increase in the plot. From this moment on they will have to come to grips with the grotesque situation they find themselves in, trying to "hitch a lift" back to the future in a most outlandish way, using and misusing their foresight of the events taking place round that time, and generally making fools of themselves in the eyes of "normal" renaissance folks. Their meeting with Leonardo da Vinci is hysterical, when they become more and more convinced that the genius is in reality a moron. Another character they meet is Savonarola the heretic, who enjoins them to repent, before he is taken to the stake, eliciting some breezy comment from them. If it weren’t for a weird kind of homesickness, they would quite enjoy living in this period, full of daring fashions and tantalising damsels. The couple shows great chemistry and is funny in every respect. The psychology of their characters is complex and credible - for once comical roles with a depth. Basically, Saverio is an embittered petit-bourgeois forever attracted and rejected by women, envious of Mario, an easy-going proletarian every woman falls in love with. Saverio is scheming, mean and vindictive as much as Mario is naive, generous and forgiving. What a match of talents: Roberto Benigni and Massimo Troisi at the peak of combined creativity. Too bad they will never come back together for another joint venture. Or maybe it is better this way: masterpieces of this level cannot be improved on, at best they can be imitated. For this reason Non ci resta che piangere will shine like a gem in the crown of the best Italian movies of all times. Sadly not many people seem to have seen it, not even in Italy, where the viewers do not need subtitles to enjoy the hilarious juggling of the two actors with the language, but their body language can be universally appreciated. If you miss it you will have to repent!
这是一所百年老校，市示范校之一。高三九班班主任“范义本”（方中信 饰）带领全班同学在高考冲刺的最后阶段中发生的一系列的故事。 剧中以当代社会最为典型的真实题材为基础，集中体现了来自四个不同家庭发生种种的情况。真实反映社会普遍的几组家庭中的故事。以四名学生备战高考的紧张倒计时阶段作为主线。任雪（陆翊 饰）班长，被父亲逼迫到海外留学，和父亲（吴刚 饰）反目导致离家出走。林叶（乔乔 饰）任雪的闺蜜，因为父母离异导致对高考的放弃，贺帆（吴俊余 饰）学习委员。因为家里筹备大学的学费被奸商诈骗。父亲贺江海（大秦 饰）为保护儿子打伤人被拘留，导致生活压力的加大。秦鹏（谭杰希 饰）偏科大王。对阳光自信，喜欢搞一些恶作剧，由于作文跑题导致高考成绩面临危机。在这四位学面临放弃高考的边缘时，“范义本”老师独特的教育手段和同学自身的努力最终解决了来自家庭和自身的各种问题。 同时本片不乏正处于青春期情感萌芽的同学们之间的情感，以及青春期叛逆萌芽的同学们和老师之间的“矛盾”和“斗争”。充分写实当代各个家庭中的普遍的问题，同时也反映了可怜天下父母心和以及当今学生与家长之间存在的隔膜。也诠释了“范义本”老师的独特教育方式。
在车臣战争期间，两个俄罗斯士兵迷了路，于是他们抓了一个当地的年轻人作为自己的向导，想早日走回安全地区。但在途中，三人之间的关系产生了变化……
“光，冻住了记忆的时段……拿着发黄的照片，我们在光的两端，越来越远……”妮儿唱着穆明留给她的《光之门》，记忆闪回……第一个夏季，妮儿遇到了穆明，一个街头卖煎饼，一个当卖唱歌手。那个夏季，穆明给她唱了首《云雀》：那时我在弯腰割麦，田野金黄，云雀飞在了蓝天上。我看着云雀发呆遥望……第二个夏季，赵理遇到了妮儿，她是他心中的“煎饼西施”，穆明希望妮儿有着没有残缺的美好人生。穆明唱了《把牛放进了南山》，那是对乡村的幸福自由的极度渴望。“把牛儿放进了南山，南山不是牛圈……扔掉了栓鼻绳，逃开了大梯田……得道函谷关啊，我才入得这南山。”第三个夏季，穆明和妮儿开了一家煎饼物语的小店，创作了《煎饼物语》。“有烟火的家啊暖的是灯光哎，卷起煎饼就想起娘来……煎饼啊煎饼，你是娘开的膏方……”第四个夏季，穆明在乡村的音乐风景里放飞自我。后来，妮儿也参与到了乡村振兴的时代潮流中。