Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
1992 film by Mario Martone
Film · TMDB
6.7Naples, 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.
Released: 1992-09-08108 minDir: Mario MartoneDrama, History
Cast
- Carlo Cecchi as Renato Caccioppoli
- Anna Bonaiuto as Anna
- Renato Carpentieri as Luigi Caccioppoli
- Toni Servillo as Pietro
- Antonio Neiwiller as Don Simplicio
- Licia Maglietta as Emilia
Themes
- mathematician
- naples, italy
- biography
- alcoholism
- math teacher