- HD 1080
- Runtime: 111m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Italy
- Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
- Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini, Nicola Di Pinto, Tano Cimarosa
- Production_studio: Sidonie
- The A Pure Formality is featured in the top rankings of 1994
- #14 in Top Drama Movies of 1994
- #5 in Top Crime Movies of 1994
- #3 in Top Thriller Movies of 1994
- #2 in Top Mystery Movies of 1994
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.