Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
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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.
Release Date : September 8, 1992
Runtime : 108m
Companies : Teatri Uniti, AnGio Film, RAI
Countries : Italy
Keywords : mathematician, naples, italy, biography, alcoholism, math teacher, alcoholic teacher, death of teacher, communism, 1950s, college professor, disenchantment, contemplating suicide, last day, suicide by gun
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