I as in Icarus
I as in Icarus French I... comme Icare is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil.
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 Braslia. 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 EDFGDF tower designed by architect Renzo Moro is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry. The governors palace was the prefecture of the Val dOise. 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. This fictional Laye University is Yale University and the experiment shown in the film is the famous Milgram experiment. Stanley Milgram being a professor at Yale University see Milgram experiment The filmmakers chose the modern and innovative architecture of the new town to avoid depicting any particular country. ........
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