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The last week in the life of the brilliant politician and mathematician Caccioppoli (in 1959). His health has already been sapped by his alcoholism and he can sometimes scarcely be distinguished from a homeless tramp; he has withdrawn from politics long ago and as an academic he lives on his fame and routine. The life story of the scholar and political activist is told in an indirect way. Using the story of Caccioppoli, Mario Martone, himself also a Neapolitan, mainly wanted to tell a story about his city.
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Cast:
Carlo Cecchi, Anna Bonaiuto, Renato Carpentieri -
Original Title:
Morte di un Matematico Napoletano -
Country:
Italy -
Year:
1992 - 108' Subtitles: Portuguese
Director
Mario Martone
Director and Screenwriter, 1958, Italy. Mario Martone began his career in the theater and was one of the co-founders of the Neapolitan group Falso Movimento, in 1977, a leading contemporary avant-garde collective. Being interested in the dialogue between different artistic expressions since early in his career, the transition to cinema came naturally in the 1990s, through films like Rehearsals for War (1998) or the historical fresco We Believed (2010), Martone questioned the place of violence and art in society. His first feature-film, Morte di un Matematico Napoletano, was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1992.
