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About
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.
Theatrical
May 26, 1995
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Film Par Film, DD Productions, Orly Films, Sidonie, TF1 Films Production
Original Title
Una pura formalità
Original Language
Italian
Cast
Full credits →G
Gérard Depardieu
Onoff
R
Roman Polanski
Inspector
S
Sergio Rubini
Andre
N
Nicola Di Pinto
Captain
T
Tano Cimarosa
Servant
P
Paolo Lombardi
Marshall
M
Maria Rosa Spagnolo
Paula
A
Alberto Sironi
G
Giovanni Morricone
M
Massimo Vanni
S
Sebastiano Filocamo
T
Timothy Martin
G
Gianluca Petrazzi
Policeman (uncredited)
