A Pure Formality
| A Pure Formality | |
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| Directed by | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| Written by | Giuseppe Tornatore Pascal Quignard |
| Produced by | Bruno Altissimi Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori Jean-Louis Livi Alexandre Mnouchkine Claudio Saraceni |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Blasco Giurato |
| Edited by | Giuseppe Tornatore |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica DD Productions Film Par Film Orly Films Sidonie TF1 Films Production |
| Distributed by | AFMD (1994, France) Penta Distribuzione (1994, Italy) |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Language | French |
A Pure Formality (Italian: Una pura formalità) 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.