The Youngest Son, written and directed by the director Pupi Avati, was released in 2010. The main character, Luciano Baietti (Christian De Sica), is an entrepreneur without scruples. In order to succeed, he will stop at nothing, and this includes using his youngest son Baldo (Nicola Nocella).

In this scene from the 1960 film He Who Stops Is Lost. Totò plays the part of Antonio Guardalvecchia, and attempts to court Giulia. She's the sister of the president, and he courts her in order to get a job in the head office. The scene on the balcony recalls Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.