Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Directed by Mario Martone

Written by Fabrizia Ramondino, Fabrizia Ramondino, Mario Martone, Mario Martone, Carlo Sbordone

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.

Cast

Carlo Cecchi

Renato Caccioppoli

Anna Bonaiuto

Anna

Renato Carpentieri

Luigi Caccioppoli

Toni Servillo

Pietro

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Antonio Neiwiller

Don Simplicio

Licia Maglietta

Emilia

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Fulvia Carotenuto

Lina

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Roberto De Francesco

Leonardo

Andrea Renzi

Leo

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Alessandra D'Elia

Stella

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Annalisa Foà

Adele

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Lucio Amelio

The Marquis