A Pure Formality

A Pure Formality
DVD cover
Directed byGiuseppe Tornatore
Written byGiuseppe Tornatore
Pascal Quignard
Produced byBruno Altissimi
Mario Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Jean-Louis Livi
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Claudio Saraceni
Starring
CinematographyBlasco Giurato
Edited byGiuseppe Tornatore
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
DD Productions
Film Par Film
Orly Films
Sidonie
TF1 Films Production
Distributed byAFMD (1994, France)
Penta Distribuzione (1994, Italy)
Release dates
  • 18 May 1994 (1994-05-18) (France)
  • 12 January 1995 (1995-01-12) (Germany)
  • 30 March 1995 (1995-03-30) (Spain)
Running time
111 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageFrench

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.