One Hundred Steps (2000)

Original title

I cento passi

Directed by

Marco Tullio Giordana

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

AA

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 740 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biographical crime drama about Peppino Impastato, a left-wing activist in Sicily who openly challenged the local Mafia. The story follows his life in the small town of Cinisi, where his family home is just one hundred steps from the house of a Mafia boss.

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What happens

I cento passi (English: One Hundred Steps or The Hundred Steps) is an Italian biographical crime drama film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed the Mafia in Sicily. The story takes place in the small town of Cinisi in the Province of Palermo, the home town of the Impastato family. One hundred steps was the number of steps it took to get from the Impastato house to the house of the Mafia boss Tano Badalamenti. The film has been released on Regions 2 and 4 DVDs but a Region 1 release has yet to be made. Although selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards, it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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