A Pure Formality
1994 · Movie · PG-13 · 111 min · ★ 7.4 · 75% critics
A reclusive, celebrated writer is brought to a remote rural police station after being found disoriented and unable to recall key details. As a skeptical inspector questions him through the night, the conversation circles a suspected killing and the gaps in memory begin to feel increasingly unsettling.
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Details
- Original title
- Una pura formalità
- Years
- 1994
- Release date
- 1994-05-15
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (390 votes)
About
If you enjoy twisty, confined mysteries built around questioning and unreliable memory, this should click, especially if you liked The Game; Not for you if you want fast action or clear, straightforward answers.
Pros: tense interrogation setup; eerie rural setting; mind-bending mystery | Cons: slow-burn pacing; talky dialogue-heavy scenes; deliberately ambiguous answers
Cast & crew
Gérard Depardieu
as Onoff
Roman Polanski
as Inspector
Sergio Rubini
as Andre
Nicola Di Pinto
as Captain
Tano Cimarosa
as Servant
- PL
Paolo Lombardi
as Marshall
- MS
Maria Rosa Spagnolo
as Paula
- AS
Alberto Sironi
Giovanni Morricone
- MK
Mahdi Kraiem
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore