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Jul 14, 1995 · This is a grim, relentless, depressing shaggy dog movie with a surprise ending that explains everything - and, therefore, nothing. The movie opens with a gunshot, and then with a man running desperately through the rain. He is stopped by policemen, who bring him to a command post, which is in a shabby house in the middle of a wet and gloomy forest.
May 26, 1995 · "A Pure Formality" is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It includes a discreet flashback to a murder and some other mild violence. A PURE FORMALITY
- Giuseppe Tornatore
May 18, 1994 · Putting aside the sentimental charm of his international hit "Cinema Paradiso ," Giuseppe Tornatore turns a corner stylistically in the weird but fascinating "A Pure Formality." Bound to have much ...
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...
- Movie Critic
May 26, 1995 · With its mood-setting Ennio Morricone score, “A Pure Formality” is quite compelling, but you have to be alert throughout to feel fully the strong, reeling impact of its out-of-left-field...
May 26, 1995 · A Pure Formality. Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is susp... Read all.
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...
