Movie news on your iPhone today!
Advertisement
Sign in
Username   Password         Forgot password?
Wanna join? Sign up
Find movies you'll love
A Pure Formality
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Rate this movie.

Watch trailer Watch trailer

Rent it, watch it, find it

Advertisement
Synopsis
The sweet sentimental gauze of director Giuseppe Tornatore's international hit Cinema Paradiso (1988) is nowhere to be found in this dark, Kafkaesque crime thriller that takes place, stage play-style, mostly in the confines of one room. Gerard Depardieu stars as Onoff, a famed author who has become a recluse in recent years, publishing nothing. Late one night he is picked up by police officers, who find him running across the French countryside in the rain, breathless and apparently suffering from short-term memory loss. A murder has been committed in the nearby woods, and suspecting Onoff's involvement, the authorities detain him at a leaky, dark command post to await the arrival of an inspector (Roman Polanski), ironically a fan of Onoff's work, who will interrogate his subject and try to arrive at the truth. Una Pura Formalita (1994) was produced simultaneously with Polanski's Death and the Maiden (1994), another film with a stage-bound quality featuring a long, stormy night's interrogation in a single room. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Cast

Nicola di Pinto Captain
Gérard Depardieu Onoff
Roman Polanski Inspector
Sergio Rubini Andre, the Young Policeman
Tano Cimarosa Servant
Paolo Lombardi Marshall
Maria Rosa Spagnolo Paola

Production Crew

Alexandre Mnouchkine Associate Producer
Jean-Louis Livi Associate Producer
Blasco Giurato Cinematographer
Ennio Morricone Composer (Music Score)
Beatrice Bordone Costume Designer
Giuseppe Tornatore Director
Giuseppe Tornatore Editor
Bruno Altissimi Executive Producer
Claudio Saraceni Executive Producer
Mario Cecchi Gori Producer
Vittorio Cecchi Gori Producer
Andrea Crisanti Production Designer
Giuseppe Giglietti Production Manager
Giuseppe Tornatore Screenwriter
Pascal Quignard Screenwriter
Pierre Gamet Sound/Sound Designer
Giuseppe Giglietti Supervisor/Manager
Year: 1994
Runtime: 108
Country: France
MPAA Rating: PG13
for brief shocking violence and momentary language
Category: Feature

Genre
Mystery

Color type
Kodak
Telecolor lab

Produced by
C.G. Group Tiger Cinematografica
Film Par Film

Release
by Cecchi Gori Distribuzione
Sony Pictures Classics