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.

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

During Christmas, 1954 in Naples, and seen through the eyes of a boy (Andrea Refuto) who has a very vivid imagination. His fantasies are fueled by his interactions with the women of his world - Sister Agnella, his aunt and their maid.