One Hundred Steps

2000 · 1h54 · Film

Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana

Starring Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo, Paolo Briguglia, Tony Sperandeo, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Domenico Centamore, Ninni Bruschetta, Paola Pace

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps from the house of local boss Tano Badalamenti, Peppino decides to expose the Mafia by using a pirate radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour.

Original title

I cento passi

Original language

Italian

Screenplay

Marco Tullio Giordana, Claudio Fava, Monica Zapelli

Cinematography

Roberto Forza

Cast

Paolo Briguglia, Tony Sperandeo, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Domenico Centamore, Ninni Bruschetta, Paola Pace, Pippo Montalbano, Aurora Quattrocchi

Updated July 22, 2026

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