Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Sep 08 1992
•2h 48m
•Drama, History
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.
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Carlo Cecchi
Renato Caccioppoli
Anna Bonaiuto
Anna
Renato Carpentieri
Luigi Caccioppoli
Toni Servillo
Pietro
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