There's a lot of sign of the rising of fascism in Italy through the whole movie. Some are very obvious, some are not. Here are the most interesting one.
- The car at the beginning is a FIAT-508 a.k.a. the Balilla. In 1930's Italy, the Balila was a young fascist group born from Mussolini's propaganda.
- In the school, the desk are placed in a way to form the shape of the letter M, referring to Mussolini.
- The kids of the carpet shop guy are named Benito and Adolph (referring to Mussolini and Hitler).