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One Hundred Steps

2000 · Movie · 114 min · ★ 7.8 · 85% critics

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In 1970s Sicily, a sharp young man grows up in a family connected to the local Mafia while living uncomfortably close to a powerful boss. Refusing to stay quiet, he and friends launch a pirate radio station, using biting humor and political commentary to challenge fear, complicity, and the rules everyone else accepts.

Also known as The Hundred Steps

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Details
Original title
I cento passi
Years
2000
Release date
2000-09-01
Language
Italian
Runtime
114 min
Critic score
85/100
TMDB rating
7.8/10 (736 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a true-story drama mixing rebellious energy, dark humor, and rising danger as one person challenges a community’s silence; Not for you if you avoid grim, politically charged stories like Vincere or The Best of Youth.

Pros: true-story urgency; sharp ironic humor; strong performances | Cons: bleak outcome; tense mafia threats; heavy themes

Themes

  • sicily, italy
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • pirate radio
  • counter-culture
  • political activist
  • sicilian mafia
  • anti-mafia
  • few against many

Awards & recognition

  • International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2001 · nominated
  • David di DonatelloBest Director · nominated

Cast & crew