Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Name: Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Director: Mario Martone
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1992

Rating

6.7

Poster of Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Rating

6.7

The Film

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

The Story

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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Runtime

108 min

Released Sep 1992

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