A Pure Formality

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-05-26

Languages:

French

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (6172 Reviews)

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Genres:

Crime Thriller

Cast:

Gèrard Depardieu Roman Polanski Sergio Rubini Nicola Di Pinto

Writer:

Giuseppe Tornatore (story)

Giuseppe Tornatore (screenplay)

Pascal Quignard (dialogue)

Fullplot:

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.

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