Una Pura Formalità
A Pure Formality movie storyline. 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.
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 was nominated for a Golden Palm at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. It also received a David di Donatello for Best Production Design (Andrea Crisanti).
A Pure Formality (1994)
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto, Tano Cimarosa, Paolo Lombardi, Maria Rosa Spagnolo, Alberto Sironi, Giovanni Morricone
Screenplay by: Giuseppe Tornatore, Pascal Quignard
Production Design by: Andrea Crisanti
Cinematography by: Blasco Giurato
Film Editing by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Costume Design by: Beatrice Bordone
Set Decoration by: Vincenzo De Camillis, Mauro Passi
Music by: Ennio Morricone
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief shocking violence and momentary language.
Distributed by: AFMD (1994, France), Penta Distribuzione (1994, Italy)
Release Date: May 18, 1994 (France), January 12, 1995 (Germany), March 30, 1995 (Spain)
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