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26 May 1995 (USA)
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Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse...
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Very impressive sleeper
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Cast
(Credited 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 |
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Also Known As:
A Pure Formality (USA)
Une pure formalité (France)
Простая формальность (Russia) [ru]
A Simple Formality (Sweden) (video title) [sv]
Apli diatyposi (Greece) [el]
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]
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Une pure formalité (France)
Простая формальность (Russia) [ru]
A Simple Formality (Sweden) (video title) [sv]
Apli diatyposi (Greece) [el]
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]
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Rated PG-13 for brief shocking violence and momentary language.
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108 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 (video rating) |
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Italy:T |
Argentina:13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
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Referenced in The Sixth Sense (1999)
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'A Pure Formality' was, to my surprise, one of the very best films I've seen in a long time. I'd seen snippets of the Italian version on Italian TV and the English-language one on US cable, neither encouraging me to delve further, but in its original French, with both Polanski and Depardieu voicing themselves, it manages to turn a potentially hoary old psychodrama into something much more life affirming.
Depardieu is the confused great writer arrested in the middle of a rainstorm and taken to a dark, leaking Italian police station where he is interrogated by Roman Polanski's inspector, who also happens to be an ardent fan, over the identity of a murder victim. Naturally, layers of self-deception are gradually pulled away on this long dark night of the soul before it reaches a not entirely unexpected but still remarkably satisfying conclusion. Despite the claustrophobic setting, Giuseppe Tornatore's excellent composition keeps it vividly cinematic, with several memorable moments (the most impressive a beautiful sequence following a song as it floats through the room). The flashbacks are sometimes awkward and I could definitely have done without Depardieu's nudity, but this is still one of the most remarkable films I've seen in recent years. Two-thirds through the movie a power cut hit for two-and-a-half hours, and it was excruciating waiting to get the chance to finish the film.
Very highly recommended indeed.