108 minutes
9/8/1992
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.
Carlo Cecchi
as Renato Caccioppoli
Anna Bonaiuto
as Anna
Renato Carpentieri
as Luigi Caccioppoli
Toni Servillo
as Pietro
Antonio Neiwiller
as Don Simplicio
Licia Maglietta
as Emilia
Fulvia Carotenuto
as Lina
Roberto De Francesco
as Leonardo
Andrea Renzi
as Leo
Alessandra D'Elia
as Stella
Annalisa Foà
as Adele
Lucio Amelio
as The Marquis
Vera Lombardi
as Maria Bakunin
Lucio Allocca
as PCI Leader
Toni Bertorelli
as Antonio Alcamo
Nicola Di Pinto
as PCI Leader
Franco Javarone
as Gentleman (as Franco Iavarone)
Antonino Iuorio
as Ferdinando, a journalist
Nello Mascia
as PCI Senator
Enzo Moscato
as Biondino
Vincenzo Salemme
as PCI Activist
Enzo Salomone
as Mathematician
Mario Santella
as Anarchist
Sergio Solli
as Magistrate
Tonino Taiuti
as Roberto, a journalist
Pasquale Zito
as Man in the waiting room
Ferdinando Sirignano
as Man in the waiting room
Anna Annunziata
as Woman in the waiting room
Carlo Di Maio
as Cop
Antonio Caldarella
as Cop
Beniamino Femiano
as Professor
Cesare Accetta
as Assistant
Gianfranco Campo
as Student
Raffaele Di Florio
as Student
Gloria Migliaccio
as Student
Michele Moscariello
as Student
Maurizio Bizzi
as Allocca, the janitor
Michele Lauri
as O' Turrese, the beggar
Angelo Bove
as Bellhop
Agostino Chiummariello
as Bellhop
Rosa Badino
as Donna Teresa, the porter
Francesca Amitrano
as Child
Donna Esposito
as Child
Uta Zulke
as German Girl
Gino Curcione
as Femminiello
Gennaro Aubry
as Femminiello
Emilio Massa
as Femminiello
Tonino Ricchezza
as Femminiello
Arturo Cirillo
as Mario, a student
Peppe Bosone
as Peppe, the innkeeper
Maria Izzo
as Assunta, the innkeeper
Max Vajro
as Dean
Mario Franco
as Other Professor
Alberto Iuorio
as Other Professor
Giovanni Polara
as Other Professor
Luciana Zazzera
as Wine Table Girl
Giuliana Gargiulo
as Woman at Teatro San Carlo
Tullia Matania
as Virginia
Francesco Ruotolo
as Giuseppe, a worker
Attilio Majolo
as Don Nicola, the car parking attendant
Livia Patrizi
as Examined Student
Francesco Biscione
as Examined Student
Tonino Di Meglio
as Marquis' Butler
Marco Manchisi
as Undertaker
Antonello Cossia
as Undertaker
Mario Porfito
as Porter
Salvatore Felaco
as Porter
Lello Salvatori
as Giustino Sforza
Guido Donatoni
as Lawyer
Francesco Cutillo
as Lawyer
Pinotto Merlino
as Gentleman
Lello Serao
as Graveyard Director
Patrizio Rispo
as Stefanini
Vanni Baiano
as Anarchist