Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician Released 1992-09-08 is a story that falls under the Drama, History category. Movie 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.".