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A Pure Formality
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Wikipedia article
'A Pure Formality' is a 1994 Italian-French drama thriller film co-written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It stars Grard 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
* Grard 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. It also received a David di Donatello for Best Production Design (Andrea Crisanti).
References
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