I cento passi (2000)

"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The ... See full summary »

Director:

Marco Tullio Giordana

Writers:

Claudio Fava, Marco Tullio Giordana

Stars:

Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 19 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luigi Lo Cascio	...	Peppino Impastato
Luigi Maria Burruano	...	Luigi Impastato
Lucia Sardo	...	Felicia Impastato
Paolo Briguglia	...	Giovanni Impastato
Tony Sperandeo	...	Gaetano Badalamenti
Andrea Tidona	...	Stefano Venuti
Claudio Gioè	...	Salvo Vitale
Domenico Centamore	...	Vito
Antonino Bruschetta	...	Cugino Anthony (as Ninni Bruschetta)
Paola Pace	...	Cosima
Pippo Montalbano	...	Cesare Manzella
Aurora Quattrocchi	...	Signora Manzella
Gaspare Cucinella	...	Zio Gasparo
Dario Veca	...	Cugino Paolo Schillirò
Simona Cavalieri	...	Felicetta

Storyline

"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young left-wing activist who in the late seventies (when almost nobody dared to speak about the Mafia, and several politicians maintained that the Mafia did not even exist) repeatedly denounced Badalamenti's criminal activities and the whole Mafia system, by using a small local radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour. In 1978 Peppino (30 years old) was killed by an explosion. The police archived the case as an accident or a suicide, but his friends never accepted this conclusion. Note: This is a true story. More than twenty years after Peppino's death, the case has been re-opened. Tano Badalamenti, meanwhile, has been convicted in the USA for drug trafficking.

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Plot Keywords:

mafia boss | sicily italy | 1970s | based on true story | uncle | 

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Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

1 September 2000 (Italy)

Also Known As:

One Hundred Steps

Filming Locations:

Cinisi, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rai Cinema, Tele+, Titti Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min 107 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Le mani sulla città (1963)

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Soundtracks

Suzanne
Written and performed by Leonard Cohen

User Reviews

a very original mafia movie

Forget all the movie you have seen since now about mafia. Forget good people to one side and bad people to the other, forget blood and gunshots. This is the real story of a boy from Sicily who's family is actually very well connected with Mafia, so to fight Mafia he has to fight against people he loves, and make them take the same risks he takes in this fight. It is also a good portrait about Sicily's way of life and youth rebellion of seventies. I'm sorry for those have to see it in a different language from italian (I should say sicilian) because original dialogs worth it. A word about scriptwriters, Monica Zapelli and Claudio Fava. Their good job comes from their knowledge about Mafia, and their courage actually fighting it.