A Pure Formality

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.

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  Giuseppe Tornatore

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  Gérard Depardieu
  Onoff
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  Roman Polanski
  Inspector
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  Sergio Rubini
  Andre
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  Nicola Di Pinto
  Captain
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  Tano Cimarosa
  Servant
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  Paolo Lombardi
  Marshall
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  Maria Rosa Spagnolo
  Paula
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  Alberto Sironi
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  Giovanni Morricone
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  Mahdi Kraiem
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  Massimo Vanni
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  Sebastiano Filocamo
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  Timothy Martin
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  Gianluca Petrazzi
  Policeman (uncredited)