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A Pure Formality

A Pure Formality

1994•1h 51m•7.4/10
MysteryThrillerCrimeDrama

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7.4/10(381)

Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.

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Production

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Film Par Film, DD Productions, Orly Films, Sidonie, TF1 Films Production

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Onoff

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Inspector

Sergio Rubini

Sergio Rubini

Andre

Nicola Di Pinto

Nicola Di Pinto

Captain

Tano Cimarosa

Tano Cimarosa

Servant

Paolo Lombardi

Marshall

Maria Rosa Spagnolo

Paula

Alberto Sironi

Giovanni Morricone

Giovanni Morricone

Mahdi Kraiem

Massimo Vanni

Massimo Vanni

Sebastiano Filocamo

Sebastiano Filocamo

Timothy Martin

Timothy Martin

Gianluca Petrazzi

Gianluca Petrazzi

Policeman (uncredited)

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