Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Plot Summary

Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.

Top Cast

Carlo Cecchi Renato Caccioppoli

Anna Bonaiuto Anna

Renato Carpentieri Luigi Caccioppoli

Toni Servillo Pietro

Antonio Neiwiller Don Simplicio