Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)

6.8 | Sep 08, 1992 (IT) | Drama, History | 01:48

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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.