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  1. 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.

  2. Jul 14, 1995 · Having made the splendidly entertaining "Cinema Paradiso" in 1988, Giuseppe Tornatore now exhibits his versatility with "A Pure Formality," which is not entertaining at all. This is a grim, relentless, depressing shaggy dog movie with a surprise ending that explains everything - and, therefore, nothing.

  3. May 26, 1995 · A Pure Formality: Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. With Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto. Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse.

  4. Jul 29, 2017 · A Pure Formality 1994 Onoff (Depardieu,) is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector (Polanski,) is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station on...

  5. Onoff (Gérard Depardieu) is a once-famous French writer who has remained out of the public eye in recent years, but when the police spot him running in the rain in the general vicinity...

  6. There is a murder in a stormy night and a man wandering without any protection from the heavy rain is arrested by the police with no documents. In the police station, he claims that he has a meeting with the Ministry of Culture on the next morning but he needs to wait for the Inspector.

  7. May 26, 1995 · In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution. Director, Screenplay, Story. 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.