Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
MovieTitle | Morte di un matematico napoletano |
User score | 6.8 |
Release date | Sep 8, 1992 |
Genre | Drama, History |
Director | Mario Martone |
Production country | Italy |
Production companies | Teatri Uniti, AnGio Film, RAI |
Run time | 108 min. |
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.