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Jul 14, 1995 · Powered by JustWatch. 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.
80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 87% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Onoff (Gérard Depardieu) is a once-famous French writer who has remained out of the public eye in recent years, but when the police ...
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- Giuseppe Tornatore
- PG-13
- Gérard Depardieu
In a riveting and haunting psychological probe, an acclaimed writer is questioned by a police investigator as to his possible involvement in a murder. The resulting discourse is a study of great success and great loss, of deep despair and of a potential murder that might have been avoided had tragedy been averted.
- Guiseppe Tornatore
- Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski
Jun 30, 1995 · By Mick LaSalle June 30, 1995. A PURE FORMALITY: Drama. Starring Gerard Depardieu and Roman Polanski. Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. (PG-13. 108 minutes. In French with English subtitles. At the ...
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Sep 10, 2012 · Time Out says. Essentially a stagey two-hander in which, in a strangely sinister, seemingly timeless police station, inspector Polanski interrogates the partly amnesiac Depardieu, who claims he's a...
Running time. 111 minutes. Countries. Italy. France. Language. French. 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.
Dec 22, 2000 · Category: Fantasy. Themes: Deathdream Endings, Conceptual Reversal Twists, The Afterlife, French Cinema, Italian Cinema, Films of 1994. Solid, well constructed drama with Gerard Depardieu being interrogated by police inspector Roman Polanski over a murder he cannot remember.
