Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Fabrizia RamondinoScreenplay
- Mario MartoneScreenplay
- Mario MartoneDirector
- Michele CampanellaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Carlo CecchiRenato Caccioppoli
- Anna BonaiutoAnna
- Renato CarpentieriLuigi Caccioppoli
- Toni ServilloPietro
- Antonio NeiwillerDon Simplicio
- Licia MagliettaEmilia
- Fulvia CarotenutoLina
- Roberto De FrancescoLeonardo
- Andrea RenziLeo
- Alessandra D'EliaStella
- Annalisa FoàAdele
- Lucio AmelioThe Marquis
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Themes
mathematiciannaples, italybiographyalcoholismmath teacheralcoholic teacherdeath of teachercommunism1950scollege professordisenchantmentcontemplating suicide