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

In a scene, soon after the happy family gathering, we see Don Cesare killed by a car bomb which was planted by a rival Mafia boss.

After his uncle's funeral, he goes to a local painter, Stefano Venuti, who is also a very outspoken member of the communist party in Sicily, to paint a picture of Cesare.

Stefano ends up taking Peppino under his wing and puts his stubborn persistent energy to better use by working with the Communist Party in Sicily.

The story then jumps to when Peppino is a young adult in his early 20s protesting against the government expropriating land that belonged to local farmers to build an airport with his Comrades in the Communist Party.

After this incident, Peppino brings Stefano an article he has written for a local propaganda newspaper titled "La Mafia è una montagna di merda" or "The Mafia is a pile of shit" which Stefano deems to be too extreme and very dangerous to publish.

Shortly after Luigi returns from America, he has a conversation with Peppino and then gets hit by a car on his walk home from his restaurant.

At his funeral, there is a huge demonstration of support from the many people who he had made an impact on in his ten years of anti-Mafia and Communist party work.

The Modena City Ramblers have recorded a song titled "I cento passi", which contains samples from the movie.