---
title: 'A Pure Formality (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Giuseppe Tornatore'
released: '1994-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-pure-formality-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110917/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Pure Formality (1994)

1994 · 108 min · Thriller · France, Italy

Original title: Une pure formalité

## Synopsis

A Pure Formality is a 1994 Italian-French drama thriller film co-written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. It stars Gérard Depardieu as a reclusive writer and Roman Polanski as a police detective.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Giuseppe Tornatore](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-tornatore)
- **Screenplay:** [Giuseppe Tornatore](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-tornatore)
- **Editor:** [Giuseppe Tornatore](https://cinepixo.com/people/giuseppe-tornatore)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Producer:** [Mario Cecchi Gori](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-cecchi-gori), [Alexandre Mnouchkine](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-mnouchkine), [Vittorio Cecchi Gori](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-cecchi-gori)
- **Director of Photography:** [Blasco Giurato](https://cinepixo.com/people/blasco-giurato)

## Cast

- [Sergio Rubini](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-rubini)
- [Roman Polanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-polanski)
- [Nicola Di Pinto](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-di-pinto)
- [Alberto Sironi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-sironi)
- [Paolo Lombardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-lombardi)
- [Gérard Depardieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-depardieu)
- [Tano Cimarosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/tano-cimarosa)
- [Massimo Vanni](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-vanni)

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