
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.
Renato Caccioppoli

Anna

Luigi Caccioppoli

Pietro

Don Simplicio

Emilia

Lina
Leonardo

Leo

Stella
Adele
The Marquis
Maria Bakunin
PCI Leader

Antonio Alcamo

PCI Leader

Gentleman (as Franco Iavarone)

Ferdinando, a journalist

PCI Senator

Biondino

PCI Activist

Mathematician

Anarchist

Magistrate

Roberto, a journalist

Man in the waiting room
Man in the waiting room
Woman in the waiting room
Cop

Cop
Professor
Assistant
Student
Student
Student
Student
Allocca, the janitor
O' Turrese, the beggar
Bellhop
Bellhop

Donna Teresa, the porter
Child
Child
German Girl
Femminiello
Femminiello
Femminiello
Femminiello
Mario, a student
Peppe, the innkeeper
Assunta, the innkeeper
Dean
Other Professor
Other Professor
Other Professor
Wine Table Girl
Woman at Teatro San Carlo
Virginia
Giuseppe, a worker
Don Nicola, the car parking attendant
Examined Student
Examined Student

Marquis' Butler
Undertaker
Undertaker
Porter

Porter
Giustino Sforza
Lawyer
Lawyer
Gentleman
Graveyard Director

Stefanini

Anarchist