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2000 Italian film

I cento passi (English: One Hundred Steps or The Hundred Steps) is an Italian biographicalcrime 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.

This is Peppino Impastato, an italian political activist and member of the Proletarian Democracy party.

Impastato was killed by mafioso Gaetano Badalamenti.” On May 17,.

“Un bellissimo ricordo” examines the life, death and legacy of Giuseppe “Peppino” Impastato, an anti-mafia youth activist and Sicilian radio.

In , the “Peppino Impastato” Cultural Association launched “A street for Peppino”, a petition urging Italian municipalities to name a street after the young.

Impastato's life is highly symbolic because of his political and civil anti-mafia struggle stemmed from his personal experience.

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.

Plot

The film opens with Peppino as a small child singing the popular song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" with his brother in the back seat of a car on the way to a family gathering.

The family is of good standing in th