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.

• Teatri Uniti
• AnGio Film
• Carlo Cecchi
• Anna Bonaiuto
• Renato Carpentieri
• Toni Servillo
• Antonio Neiwiller
• Licia Maglietta
• Fulvia Carotenuto
• Roberto De Francesco