I as in Icarus
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I as in Icarus is a 1979
French
thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil
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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 political regime is presidential, the President being Marc Jarry at the beginning of the film.
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.
1979 in film
The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....
French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.-Biography:...
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Selected cast
- Yves MontandYves Montand-Early life:Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy, the son of poor peasants Giuseppina and Giovanni Livi, a broommaker. Montand's mother was a devout Catholic, while his father held strong Communist beliefs. Because of the Fascist regime in Italy, Montand's family left for France in...
as Henri Volney - Michel Etcheverry as Frédéric Heiniger
- Roger PlanchonRoger PlanchonRoger Planchon , was a French playwright, director, filmmaker.-Biography:...
as Prof. David Naggara - Pierre VernierPierre VernierPierre Vernier was a French mathematician and instrument inventor. He was inventor and eponym of the vernier scale used in measuring devices....
as Charly Feruda - Jacques Denis as Despaul
- Georges Staquet as Le gardien de l'immeuble d'assassinat
Plot
The film's plot is based on the Kennedy assassinationJohn F. Kennedy assassination
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas...
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 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 BrasíliaBrasília
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
. The political regime is presidential, the President being Marc Jarry at the beginning of the film.
Location
The new town of CergyCergy
Cergy is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Cergy-Pontoise, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune....
in the northwestern suburbs of Paris was used as a filming location for the movie.
The EDF-GDF tower
EDF-GDF tower
The EDF-GDF tower is an office building built in 1974 in the heart of the new town of Cergy, France, in the Cergy Prefecture business and administrative district.Its architect is Renzo Moro.The tower is high, with 14 floors....
designed by architect Renzo Moro
Renzo Moro
Renzo Moro, born in 1933, is an architect.After graduating from the École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich, Moro moved to France. He worked with Andre Remondet, Grand Prix de Rome. He then joined the Atea-Setap directed by Guy Lagneau, Michel Weill and Jean Dimitrijevic. In 1972 he was accepted as...
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.