A Pure Formality filming location in Abruzzo
All films shot in Abruzzo

1994

A Pure Formality

Giuseppe Tornatore · Gérard Depardieu, Roman Polanski

Giuseppe Tornatore's psychological thriller with Gérard Depardieu and Roman Polanski, set in a rain-soaked police station in the middle of nowhere.

Locations in Abruzzo

  • 01

    Plateau outside Santo Stefano di Sessanio

    Road to Rocca Calascio · L'Aquila

    The isolated police station: a set built on site by production designer Andrea Crisanti.

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  • 02

    Campo Imperatore

    Gran Sasso · L'Aquila

    The surrounding landscape.

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Locations compiled from public sources (Abruzzo Film Commission, Italy for Movies, production notes). Entries marked “Reportedly” are cited by some sources but not confirmed by official ones.