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Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Mario Martone | Italy

September 8, 1992 | 108m

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Overview:

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.
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Carlo CecchiRenato Caccioppoli
Anna BonaiutoAnna
Renato CarpentieriLuigi Caccioppoli
Toni ServilloPietro
Antonio NeiwillerDon Simplicio
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Keywords

mathematiciannaples, italybiographyalcoholismmath teacheralcoholic teacherdeath of teachercommunism1950scollege professordisenchantmentcontemplating suicidelast daysuicide by gun