I as in Icarus

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I as in Icarus

Directed by	Henri Verneuil
Written by	Henri Decoin Henri Verneuil
Starring	Yves Montand
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Jean-Louis Picavet
Editing by	Henri Lanoë
Release date(s)	December 19, 1979
Running time	120 mins.
Country	France
Language	French
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I as in Icarus (French: I... comme Icare) is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil.

1 Selected cast
2 Plot
3 Fictional state
4 External links

[edit] Selected cast

Yves Montand as Henri Volney
Michel Etcheverry as Frédéric Heiniger
Roger Planchon as Prof. David Naggara
Pierre Vernier as Charly Feruda
Jacques Denis as Despaul
Georges Staquet as Le gardien de l'immeuble assassinat

[edit] Plot

The film's plot is based on the Kennedy Assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who was about to be inaugurated into his second six-year term of office. Henri Volney, state attorney and member of the commission charged with investigating the assassination (based on the Warren commission) refuses to agree to the commissions final findings. The film portrays the initial controversy about this, as well as Volney and his staff's reopening of the investigation.

[edit] Fictional state

The action takes place in a fictional western state where the spoken language is French. Its location, or even continent, is unknown. The capital city is made only of modern buildings, like Brasília. The political regime is presidential, the President being Marc Jarry at the beginning of the film.