I as in Icarus

I as in Icarus is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil. 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 d'assassinat Brigitte Lahaie as Ursula Hoffman 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 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.