Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Original title: Morte di un matematico napoletano
6.7(38)19921h 48mIT
Directed by Mario Martone
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.
mathematiciannaples, italybiographyalcoholismmath teacheralcoholic teacherdeath of teachercommunism1950scollege professordisenchantmentcontemplating suicide
