A Pure Formality

A Pure Formality

  • Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Writer: Giuseppe Tornatore,Pascal Quignard
  • Countries of origin: Italy, France
  • Language: French
  • Release date: May 26, 1995
  • Sound mix: Dolby SR
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Звичайна формальність
  • Una pura formalità is a crime film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore , starring Rajmund Roman Liebling and Big Nose Dipardieu.
    The film tells the story of Onof, a famous writer who has lived in seclusion for many years, and becomes a suspect because of a murder near his residence.

    Details

    • Release date May 26, 1995
    • Filming locations Santo Stefano di Sessanio, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
    • Production companies Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, DD Productions, Film Par Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $190,749

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $35,639

    Gross worldwide

    $190,749

    Movie reviews

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    • By Elouise 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      redemption in the name of judgment

      The first check-in at the Shanghai Film Festival is undoubtedly a wonderful experience. And the most exciting thing is the contradiction created by the director deliberately. At the end of the sudden opening, it seems that he was caught off guard and was punched at the softest place in the center of the mouth. In the end, Onof finally faced up to his life, whether it was miserable or glorious, or sinful or kind. After the rain and the weather, he let go of everything and went to a distant...

    • By Lucie 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      The professional quality of mouth gun onlookers

      It was really shocking to see the end.
      Fortunately, the protagonist is a writer who is blind (Ming) Bibi. The cold and inconsistent statements are also described in a literary sense. You can even imagine the form and version of this work when it appears in words: there are few characters. The description of the appearance is more of a large-scale neurotic game and the gushing of the characters' temperament. This made me think of Kafka's trial when watching it, so when I saw people who...

    • By Keshaun 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      favorite movie

      A writer fled in a rainy night covered in blood and was taken to a mysterious police station for questioning. In the dark and eerie environment, a series of quarrels began between the writer and the police officer. This film, with the shell of a thriller, is much more than a case study at its core. It is the story of the impact of early memories on one's life, which casts an inescapable shadow that can only be escaped by death. The theme song is very beautiful, "Forget it, forget it, it's too...

    • By Noemy 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      ~Interpretation~

      Onof spent three years writing a novel, which he felt very satisfied with, and considered it his pinnacle. But the artist's perfectionist character made him feel like he couldn't write better than this. For the next six years, he lived a reclusive life with his girlfriend, occasionally writing something, but no longer publishing anything, slowly becoming passive and sloppy... Finally, on a rainy night, he made a decision ... He lost his memory, he remembered killing people, but he couldn't...

    • By Remington 2022-04-08 08:01:02

      The Youguo in the station is still the station in the Youguoli

      This is a movie I've seen and want to watch again.

      Why?

      Maybe it's because of the sound of rain leaking in the room .

      Maybe it's because of the flipping pages of old books.

      Maybe it's because everything is imagined and back to reality.

      Youguo Station is not only A station, it is the summoned beast of those lost last memories. In its belly, people's life is not so simple to be covered with coffins and nailed to nails; this is the collection and...

    User comments

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    • By Mariane 2022-04-12 09:01:11

      A little confused, look. I can't understand the deep meaning, watching movies can only be superficial in the plot, what a superficial guy. . . Speaking of the movie, although I don’t understand it very well, I watched it all the way smoothly. I always felt that my heart was attracted by some uncertain power. I was shocked. I could perceive that this movie has a very powerful small universe! I haven't watched too many movies, so... how can I say it? powerful? Sharp? It seems that I can't express...

    • By Josue 2022-04-12 09:01:11

      Strong, hearty, prostrate, why is it because of the movies outside of Tonadore's Homecoming trilogy prostrate at his...

    • By Lucinda 2022-04-12 09:01:11

      Frankly speaking, many parts can not...

    • By Mike 2022-04-12 09:01:11

      Gerard Depardieu's acting show. In the face of such a miserable and pitiful person, this skillful use of the suspense type is a bit...

    • By Frieda 2022-04-12 09:01:11

      How can a suicidal person not let go, how can he not accept the fact that he has...

    Background creation

    Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Rajmund Roman Liebling and Big Nose Dipardieu, Three Names Too Loud, 1994's film, The Golden Combination.
    It was a night of surprises and wonder, almost a two-player drama, with Polanski playing a shrewd police officer who seemed dwarfed by Depardieu. The conception of the film shows that the thin handling of the film is long and dark, but the theme it shows is the loss between life situation and...
    more about A Pure Formality Background creation

    Movie quotes

    • [repeated line]

      Onoff: I'll take your advice and keep quiet.

    • Andre, the Young Policeman: An idea for a new book?

      Onoff: You don't write because you have an idea, but because you can't do anything else.

    • Onoff: If writers knew whose mouths would up spewing out their works, they'd cut off their hands.

      Inspector: And it would be a pity.