A Pure Formality

1994 · directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Rating

77/100

Hit

no

Famous writer Onoff is now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.

A Pure Formality (1994), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Gérard Depardieu
• Roman Polanski
• Sergio Rubini
• Nicola Di Pinto
• Tano Cimarosa
• Paolo Lombardi
• Maria Rosa Spagnolo
• Alberto Sironi
• Giovanni Morricone
• Mahdi Kraiem

Crew

• Blasco Giurato — Director of Photography
• Giuseppe Tornatore — Editor
• Ennio Morricone — Original Music Composer
• Giuseppe Tornatore — Screenplay

More from Giuseppe Tornatore

1. Cinema Paradiso (1988) — 85/100 · hit
2. Ennio (2022) — 83/100 · hit
3. The Star Maker (1995) — 73/100
4. The Legend of 1900 (1998) — 72/100
5. Everybody's Fine (1990) — 72/100
6. The Professor (1986) — 71/100

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