A Pure Formality

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A Pure Formality (Italian: Una pura formalità) is a 1994 Italian-French drama thriller film co-written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It stars Gérard Depardieu as a reclusive writer and Roman Polanski as a police detective.

A Pure Formality
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Directed byGiuseppe Tornatore
Written byGiuseppe Tornatore
Pascal Quignard
Produced byBruno Altissimi
Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Jean-Louis Livi
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Claudio Saraceni
Starring
CinematographyBlasco Giurato
Edited byGiuseppe Tornatore
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
DD Productions
Film Par Film
Orly Films
Sidonie
TF1 Films Production
Distributed byAFMD (1994, France)
Penta Distribuzione (1994, Italy)
Release dates
  • 18 May 1994 (1994-05-18) (France)
  • 12 January 1995 (1995-01-12) (Germany)
  • 30 March 1995 (1995-03-30) (Spain)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Onoff (Depardieu) is a famous writer who is now a recluse. The Inspector (Polanski) is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the police station one night, disoriented and suffering from amnesia. As the head of an isolated, rural police station the Inspector tries to establish events through careful interrogation and deduction. Through his painstaking inquiries, he eventually clears up a mysterious killing and brings the writer to a new and unexpected realisation.

Cast

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Reception

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A Pure Formality was nominated for a Golden Palm at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It also received a David di Donatello for Best Production Design (Andrea Crisanti).

References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Pure Formality". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
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