This is the story of an outspoken Peppino Impastato who lives in an ancient Sicilian town, hemmed in by sea and rocks and ruled by Mafia. Peppino starts a radio station to expose the mafia.
His father is ambitious to see his son eventually become a “boss”, but Peppino is suspicious of the path he is being forced to take. His rebellion rocks his tainted father and the town’s stifling tradition of silence, setting Peppino down a difficult path.
I found this film to be inspirational because of the commitment using radio as a means of popular struggle. Having come from this tradition in Queensland where I was greatly disappointed to see a radio station with great potential sell itself short and become mired in superficiality that infects the conservative ‘social left’.
Ian Curr
1 October 2019 (updated 11 Dec 2-25)
Final Scene
100 Steps is showing at the 2019 Italian Film Festival in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
DRAMA | ITALY
2000 | 114 MIN | M
Italian with English subtitles
DIRECTOR Marco Tullio Giordana
CAST Luigi Lo Cascio,
Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo