A Pure Formality

A Pure Formality

1994 · 111 min · FR · 7.5 (312 votes)
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore · Starring Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto, Tano Cimarosa, Paolo Lombardi · Music Ennio Morricone
MysteryDramaCrimeThriller

Onoff is a famous writer, 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.

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A disorienting descent into a fractured mind. The film feels like a waking dream, trapping you in a bleak, isolated setting where reality itself is suspect. It’s a chilling, cerebral puzzle box.

claustrophobicdisorientingtenseunsettlingslow-burnneo-noirarthousepsychological thrillerminimalistmemoryidentitytruthisolation
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