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A PURE FORMALITY

by Giuseppe Tornatore

synopsis

Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious. Through interrogatory dialectic, the head of this lonely, isolated, broken-down police station tries to establish what has happened, by delving into the mind of his writer-hero, and clearing up a mysterious killing.

international title: A Pure Formality
original title: Una pura formalità
country: Italy, France
year: 1994
genre: fiction
directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
film run: 108'
release date: IT 15/05/1994, FR 18/05/1994, HU 13/10/1994, SE 11/1994, ES 30/03/1995, PT 01/09/1995, FI 1996, DE 21/04/1998
screenplay: Giuseppe Tornatore
cast: Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto, Tano Cimarosa, Paolo Lombardi, Alberto Sironi, Mahdi Kraiem, Massimo Vanni, Sebastiano Filocamo
cinematography by: Blasco Giurato
film editing: Giuseppe Tornatore
art director: Andrea Crisanti
costumes designer: Beatrice Bordone
music: Ennio Morricone
producer: Mario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
executive producer: Bruno Altissimi, Claudio Saraceni
associate producer: Alexandre Mnouchkine

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