One Hundred Steps

A biographical drama about a young Sicilian activist who uses wit and pirate radio to challenge the Mafia from within his own compromised family, balancing dark political stakes with youthful idealism.

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.