| I as in Icarus | |
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| 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 |
I as in Icarus (French: I... comme Icare) is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil.
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The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassination and subsequent investigation. The film begins with the assassination of President Marc Jarry, who is about to be inaugurated for a 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 commission's final findings. The film portrays the initial controversy about this, as well as Volney and his staff's reopening of the investigation.
The action takes place in a fictional Western state where the spoken language is mainly French, but German, English and Spanish also are spoken. 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.
The new town of Cergy in the northwestern suburbs of Paris was used as a filming location for the movie. The EDF-GDF tower designed by architect Renzo Moro is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry. The governor's palace was the prefecture of the Val d'Oise. The huge room used for council meetings is the High Court of Justice. The long scene of the psychological experiment towards the end of the film, supposed to take place at the University of Laye, in fact takes place at ESSEC Business School in Cergy. The filmmakers chose the modern and innovative architecture of the new town to avoid depicting any particular country.[1]
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