I... comme Icare (1979)

Conspiracy thriller inspired by the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. After a fictional president is assassinated, a determined, tough prosecutor investigates the emerging conspiracy behind it.

Director:

Henri Verneuil

Writers:

Henri Verneuil (scenario), Henri Verneuil (screenplay)

Stars:

Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Yves Montand	...	Le procureur Henri Volney
Michel Albertini	...	Luigi Lacosta
Roland Amstutz	...	Pierre Gregory
Jean-Pierre Bagot	...	Michaël Mix
Georges Beller	...	Sam Kido
Maurice Bénichou	...	Robert Sanio, l'homme à la caméra
Edmond Bernard	...	Le présentateur TV
Françoise Bette	...	Jane Bellony
Roland Blanche	...	Garcia Santos
Benoît Brione	...	Le reporter au bobino (as Benoist Brione)
Jacques Brylant	...	Nicolas Rosenko (as Jacques Bryland)
Gabriel Cattand	...	Le président Marc Jarry
Nanette Corey
Jacques Denis	...	Despaul, le cobaye
Erick Desmarestz	...	Bob Dagan

Storyline

After the recently re-elected President of a fictitious state has been assassinated, one of the members of the investigation committee refuses to sign the final report and is given the task of investigating once more. In the course of his search he finds evidence that casts serious doubt on the committee's "lone-gunman" theory... A very bold film that basically told the "JFK" story thinly disguised as having taken place not in the US.

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Plot Keywords:

investigation | muckraking | political assassination | sharpshooter | main character shot | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

19 December 1979 (France)

Also Known As:

'I' als in Icaros

Filming Locations:

La Défense, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

V Films, Société Française de Production (SFP), France 2 (FR2)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The lab scenes describing "obedience to authority" experiments are based on real-life research conducted by famous psychologist Stanley Milgram in 1963 at Yale University.

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Goofs

When Procureur Henry Volney examines Nicolas Rosenko's book on Daslow it is very easy to see that each page of the book are identical.

User Reviews

Still a thrill

I saw this movie the first time about 20 vears ago, when I was a teenager. Quite shocking then, it now reveals some lacks, though it´s still one of my favourites. I saw it last week, after I recorded it (German version) from TV. The plot is very close to the JFK murder facts, and the authors didn´t want to hide that. Look for the names, "Daslow" becomes "Oswald" when You rearrange the characters. :-) The too long chapter concerning the psychological experiment (based on the Milgram experiments at the university of Yale) is a little bit out of place.

But for the rest ... but see Yourself, You won´t regret it!

Gerhard