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