
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.

as Renato Caccioppoli

as Anna

as Luigi Caccioppoli

as Pietro

as Don Simplicio

as Emilia

as Lina

as Leonardo

as Leo

as Stella

as Adele

as The Marquis

as Maria Bakunin

as PCI Leader

as Antonio Alcamo

as PCI Leader

as Gentleman (as Franco Iavarone)

as Ferdinando, a journalist

as PCI Senator

as Biondino

as PCI Activist

as Mathematician

as Anarchist

as Magistrate

as Roberto, a journalist

as Man in the waiting room

as Man in the waiting room

as Woman in the waiting room

as Cop

as Cop

as Professor

as Assistant

as Student

as Student

as Student

as Student

as Allocca, the janitor

as O' Turrese, the beggar

as Bellhop

as Bellhop

as Donna Teresa, the porter

as Child

as Child

as German Girl

as Femminiello

as Femminiello

as Femminiello

as Femminiello

as Mario, a student

as Peppe, the innkeeper

as Assunta, the innkeeper

as Dean

as Other Professor

as Other Professor

as Other Professor

as Wine Table Girl

as Woman at Teatro San Carlo

as Virginia

as Giuseppe, a worker

as Don Nicola, the car parking attendant

as Examined Student

as Examined Student

as Marquis' Butler

as Undertaker

as Undertaker

as Porter

as Porter

as Giustino Sforza

as Lawyer

as Lawyer

as Gentleman

as Graveyard Director

as Stefanini

as Anarchist