A Pure Formality

Name: A Pure Formality
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Released: 1994
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto, Tano Cimarosa

1994 · 111 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 13,007 VOTES · DIR. Giuseppe Tornatore

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,288 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 Kikina presents

00:08:50 An Inspector always smokes.

00:13:00 My name is Onoff.

00:15:39 is a bit riskier.

00:19:50 I myself directed, very badly, my last play, "Nero".

00:26:03 Well, Inspector, nothing left but to thank you

00:28:59 I must.

00:31:29 And the ceiling stared for ages at me.

00:33:47 I've forgotten, I've...

00:36:09 Congratulations, Inspector, you've already got your killer.

00:38:30 How long have you been here?

00:46:14 - Your name? - Onoff.

00:49:46 First you claimed you came here alone

00:52:44 Know what I think?

00:55:43 myself.

00:58:54 nor your ex-second wife

01:04:25 He was born in a ditch

01:09:26 Shit!

01:14:05 We shall call this point

01:19:26 The man who made up the name of Onoff.

01:23:13 those thousands and thousands of words which were Faubin's gift to me.

01:26:23 When was the last time you saw him?

01:29:47 Stephane?

01:39:28 Go on.

Cast & Characters

Gérard Depardieu Onoff Roman Polanski Inspector Sergio Rubini Andre, the Young Policeman Nicola Di Pinto Captain Tano Cimarosa Servant Paolo Lombardi Marshall Maria Rosa Spagnolo Paula Alberto Sironi Giovanni Morricone Mahdi Kraiem

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,288

Dialogue density11.6 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line01:39:28

Production Record

DirectorGiuseppe Tornatore

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes13,007