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Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Name: Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Released: 1992-09-08
Rating: 6.7

6.7 Match 1h 48m 1992

The Plot

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.