Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
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.
- Year : 1992
- Country : Italy
- Genre : Drama, History
- Studio : Teatri Uniti, AnGio Film, RAI
- Keyword : mathematician, naples, italy, biography, alcoholism, math teacher, alcoholic teacher, death of teacher, communism, 1950s, college professor, disenchantment, contemplating suicide, last day, suicide by gun
- Director : Mario Martone
- Cast : Carlo Cecchi, Anna Bonaiuto, Renato Carpentieri, Toni Servillo, Antonio Neiwiller, Licia Maglietta