Una pura formalità (1994)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Giuseppe Tornatore

Writers:

Giuseppe Tornatore (story)
Giuseppe Tornatore (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse...

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Existentialism | Amnesia | Surrealism

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Onoff
Roman Polanski	...	Inspector
Sergio Rubini	...	Andre, the Young Policeman
Nicola Di Pinto	...	Captain
Tano Cimarosa	...	Servant
Paolo Lombardi	...	Marshall
Maria Rosa Spagnolo	...	Paula
Alberto Sironi
Giovanni Morricone
Mahdi Kraiem
Massimo Vanni
Sebastiano Filocamo

Also Known As:

A Pure Formality (USA)
Une pure formalité (France)
Простая формальность (Russia) [ru]
A Simple Formality (Sweden) (video title) [sv]
Eine reine Formalität (Germany) [de]
Keskiyön totuus (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Pura formalidad (Spain) [es]
Puszta formalitás (Hungary) [hu]
Uma Simples Formalidade (Portugal) [pt]
Una pura formalidad (Argentina) (video title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief shocking violence and momentary language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | Italy:T | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13 | Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Sixth Sense (1999)

One Pure Cinema ....

One word that can sum up this movie is Fantastic!!! The thing about this movie is I wasn't lucky like a few other people over here to watch this movie without expecting anything. I almost knew everything I needed to know about this movie even before I bought the DVD. The movie was a pure cinema in every sense of the word. I expect the movie to contain a decent story, good actors, a little bit of suspense, a little comedy (not mandatory) and a classic ending. This one provided me with all of these things and more. The movie is really a manifestation of some one's mind. The acting is uniformly brilliant. I know Polanski is a decent actor and I loved him in The Tenant, but here he is just pure Master Class.Gérard Depardieu is a legend in France and in International Cinema and he shows in this movie why is that. In a short summary the movie involves a person being questioned for staying out in the woods without any identification. When it turns out to be the Great Writer Onoff who doesn't quite remember how he came to that place. How the Inspector Da Vinci(Polanski) gets out the answer forms the rest of the story. Enjoy the movie except for one scene of crude nudity from Gérard Depardieu. That was scary!!!! I rate this movie 10/10 (inspite of Gérard Depardieu's scary back!!!)