A Pure Formality (1994)
- Original title
- Una pura formalità
- Directed by
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 394 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A famous writer is found by police wandering in a storm and brought to a remote station for questioning. The detective interrogates him about a murder, and the conversation peels back layers of truth and memory.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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