I as in Icarus

Infobox Film
name = I as in Icarus


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director = Henri Verneuil
producer =
writer = Henri Decoin
Henri Verneuil
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starring = Yves Montand
music = Ennio Morricone
cinematography = Jean-Louis Picavet
editing = Henri Lanoë
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released = December 19 1979
runtime = 120 mins.
country = flagicon|France France
language = French
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amg_id = 1:148762
imdb_id = 0079322

"I as in Icarus" ( _fr. I... comme Icare) is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil.

elected 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

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 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.

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.

External links

*imdb title|0079322