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A Pure Formality (1994)

Film · 1994 · 111 min · Mystery · Thriller · Crime

Famous writer Onoff is 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.

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Starring Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto, Tano Cimarosa, Paolo Lombardi, Maria Rosa Spagnolo, Alberto Sironi

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In cinemas26 May 1995
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First release anywhere15 May 1994

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