A Pure Formality
- Gérard Depardieu
- Roman Polanski
companies
DD Productions
Film Par Film
Orly Films
Sidonie
TF1 Films Production
Penta Distribuzione (1994, Italy)
- 18 May 1994 (1994-05-18) (France)
- 12 January 1995 (1995-01-12) (Germany)
- 30 March 1995 (1995-03-30) (Spain)
France
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.
Synopsis
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
- Gérard Depardieu - Onoff
- Roman Polanski - Inspector
- Sergio Rubini - Andre, the Young Policeman
- Nicola Di Pinto - Captain
- Tano Cimarosa - Servant
- Paolo Lombardi - Marshall
- Maria Rosa Spagnolo - Paula
- Massimo Vanni
Reception
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
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Pure Formality". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
External links
- A Pure Formality at IMDb
- Movie trailer A Pure Formality on YouTube
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