Peppino Impastato (played by Luigi Lo Cascio) is a protagonist in One Hundred Steps.
Peppino Impastato is the film's central figure, a Communist activist and radio broadcaster who denounces Mafia corruption in Cinisi. He writes an anti-Mafia article, creates Radio Aut, runs for local office, and is murdered by Mafia agents. His activism causes conflict with his father and makes him increasingly isolated, while inspiring a major public demonstration after his death. Felicia Impastato (played by Lucia Sardo) appears in One Hundred Steps.
Felicia Impastato is Peppino's mother and one of the few family members who continues supporting him. After he is expelled from home, she brings him books and secretly keeps him hidden from his father. Her quiet protection contrasts with the pressure placed on Peppino to abandon his anti-Mafia activities. Cesare Manzella (played by Pippo Montalbano) appears in One Hundred Steps.
Cesare Manzella is Peppino's uncle and a Mafia boss, or Don, in Cinisi. His relationship with Peppino is established during the boy's childhood, but Cesare is soon killed by a car bomb planted by a rival Mafia boss. His death ends Peppino's innocence and exposes him to the violent reality of organized crime. Tano Badalamenti (played by Tony Sperandeo) appears in One Hundred Steps.
Tano Badalamenti is the Mafia boss known as Don Tano, whose participation in the drug trade is condemned on Peppino's radio station. The Mafia leadership eventually decides that Peppino must be eliminated, and the later investigation identifies Tano Badalamenti as responsible for the murder, resulting in his conviction and life sentence. Stefano Venuti (played by Andrea Tidona) appears in One Hundred Steps.
Stefano Venuti is a local painter and an outspoken member of the Communist Party in Sicily. He refuses to paint a portrait of Peppino's uncle because of their political differences, but then takes the grieving boy under his wing and channels his energy into Communist activism. He later rejects Peppino's extreme anti-Mafia article, causing their break.
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Characters
Peppino Impastato
(played by Luigi Lo Cascio) — protagonist
Peppino Impastato is the film's central figure, a Communist activist and radio broadcaster who denounces Mafia corruption in Cinisi. He writes an anti-Mafia article, creates Radio Aut, runs for local...
Felicia Impastato
(played by Lucia Sardo) — supporting
Felicia Impastato is Peppino's mother and one of the few family members who continues supporting him. After he is expelled from home, she brings him books and secretly keeps him hidden from his father...
Cesare Manzella
(played by Pippo Montalbano) — supporting
Cesare Manzella is Peppino's uncle and a Mafia boss, or Don, in Cinisi. His relationship with Peppino is established during the boy's childhood, but Cesare is soon killed by a car bomb planted by a ri...
Tano Badalamenti
(played by Tony Sperandeo) — supporting
Tano Badalamenti is the Mafia boss known as Don Tano, whose participation in the drug trade is condemned on Peppino's radio station. The Mafia leadership eventually decides that Peppino must be elimin...
Stefano Venuti
(played by Andrea Tidona) — supporting
Stefano Venuti is a local painter and an outspoken member of the Communist Party in Sicily. He refuses to paint a portrait of Peppino's uncle because of their political differences, but then takes the...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Cesare is killed by a car bomb planted by a rival Mafia boss, while the story later identifies Tano as the Mafia figure linked to the local drug trade...
Stefano Venuti → Cesare Manzella
(Conflict Political Opponents)
Stefano refuses to paint Cesare because they had not got along and held sharply different political views.
Story Analysis
Peppino transforms childhood exposure to Mafia power into a lifelong public resistance that survives his murder through collective memory and delayed justice.
Plot Progression
A Child Among Mafiosi
The Making of a Dissident
Words Against Power
Radio Aut Defies Tano
Murder and Delayed Justice
Directed by Marco Tullio Giordana
One Hundred Steps (2000) · 7.8/10 · drama, history
