
One Hundred Steps
2000 · Movie · 114 min · ★ 7.8 · 85% critics
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 Donatello — Best Director · nominated
Cast & crew

Luigi Lo Cascio
as Peppino Impastato

Luigi Maria Burruano
as Luigi Impastato

Lucia Sardo
as Felicia Impastato

Paolo Briguglia
as Giovanni Impastato

Tony Sperandeo
as Tano Badalamenti

Andrea Tidona
as Stefano Venuti

Claudio Gioè
as Salvo Vitale

Domenico Centamore
as Vito

Antonino Bruschetta
as Anthony

Paola Pace
as Cosima
Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana