We'll never get anything out of him.
-- Lázara (Bon Voyage, Mr. President)

Importance: When Homero and Lázara first encounter the ousted President in Geneva, they are hopeful that they can manipulate him into giving them money. However, in this scene following Homero's first lunch with the President, Lázara despairs that the President will be useless to them. The moment foreshadows the ways in which the characters' relationships will change with one another over the course of the narrative. The couple not only ends up helping the President, but the President ultimately leaves the couple his last remaining riches when he leaves Geneva. The moment speaks to the unexpected nature of human experience.

Nobody would believe it.
-- Zavattini (The Saint)

Importance: Throughout the narrator's time with Margarito, he becomes increasingly invested in the man's strange story. He is so intrigued by Margarito and his obsession with canonizing his daughter, that he brings the tale to his film instructor, Zavattini...