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5 unusual facts about I as in Icarus


I as in Icarus

The EDF-GDF tower designed by architect Renzo Moro is the building from which the shots were fired to assassinate president Marc Jarry.

The capital city is made only of modern buildings, like Brasília.

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 new town of Cergy in the northwestern suburbs of Paris was used as a filming location for the movie.

Stanley Milgram

The French political thriller I... comme Icare includes a key scene where Milgram's experiment on obedience to authority is explained and shown.


Brigitte Lahaie

In 1980, at the height of her popularity, she decided to put an end to her hardcore career and appear in more traditional films, such as I as in Icarus (1980, with Yves Montand) in which she played a stripper, and Pour la peau d'un flic (1981, with Alain Delon) in which she played a nurse.


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