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A Pure Formality
1994
· Movie
· 111 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Every rating
68–88
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is AlloCiné on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 88.
See the most agreed on films →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.
Details
- Director
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Writer
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Released
- 15 May 1994
- Country
- Italy, France
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 111 min
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