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| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Onoff | |
| Roman Polanski | ... | Inspector | |
| Sergio Rubini | ... | Andre, the Young Policeman | |
| Nicola Di Pinto | ... | Captain | |
| Tano Cimarosa | ... | Servant | |
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Paolo Lombardi | ... | Marshall |
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Maria Rosa Spagnolo | ... | Paula |
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Onoff is a famous writer who hasn't published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear memory of recent events, the Inspector is suspicious. Through interrogatory dialectic, the head of this lonely, isolated, broken-down police station tries to establish what has happened, by delving into the mind of his writer-hero, and clearing up a mysterious killing. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
26 May 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$35,639, 29 May 1995Gross USA:
$190,749Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$190,749Company Credits
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Onoff: You don't write because you have an idea, but because you can't do anything else.
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Music by Andrea Morricone and Ennio Morricone
Lyrics by Pascal Quignard and Giuseppe Tornatore
Performed by Gérard Depardieu
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Andre, the Young Policeman: An idea for a new book?Onoff: You don't write because you have an idea, but because you can't do anything else.
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RicordareMusic by Andrea Morricone and Ennio Morricone
Lyrics by Pascal Quignard and Giuseppe Tornatore
Performed by Gérard Depardieu
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