A Pure Formality

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Onoff

Roman Polanski

Inspector

Sergio Rubini

Andre

Nicola Di Pinto

Captain

Tano Cimarosa

Servant

Paolo Lombardi

Marshall

Maria Rosa Spagnolo

Paula

Alberto Sironi

Giovanni Morricone

Mahdi Kraiem