Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)

Name: Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Director: Mario Martone
Released: 1992-09-08
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Carlo Cecchi, Anna Bonaiuto, Renato Carpentieri, Toni Servillo, Antonio Neiwiller

DramaHistory

108 min

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.