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Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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- You want fast pacing
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 80Audiences 80GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer80%
Audience score88%
Letterboxd · 9 K ratings3.9/5
IMDb7.5
Running time
1 h 51 min
A typical length for mysteries, +9 min on the typical 102
typical 102111Half of all mysteries run 93–115 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1994
May 15, 1994
32 years ago
Genres
MysteryThrillerCrimeDramaLanguage
Italian
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
- Italy
France
Directing · 1
- Giuseppe Tornatore Director, Screenplay, Story, Editor
Production · 6
- Bruno Altissimi Executive Producer
- Claudio Saraceni Executive Producer
- Mario Cecchi Gori Producer
- Vittorio Cecchi Gori Producer
- Alexandre Mnouchkine Associate Producer
- Jean-Louis Livi Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Blasco Giurato Director of Photography
Sound · 3
- Ennio Morricone Original Music Composer
- Pierre Gamet Sound Designer
- Nadine Muse Sound Editor
Art · 3
- Andrea Crisanti Production Design
- Vincenzo De Camillis Set Decoration
- Mauro Passi Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Beatrice Bordone Costume Design
- Maurizio Trani Makeup Artist
- Vitaliana Patacca Hairstylist
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