StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Beulah Bram A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

leplatypus I have always heard that France is more liberal since 80s and that before, censorship was the way of life. If it's true , then why France avoids since to produce movies that makes people think and why the old cinema is more challenging ? This movie is the perfect proof : done in 1979, it's an extraordinary fiction about the JFK assassination and like Stone's movie, the big names are here : Verneuil as director and Montand as attorney ! Maybe this is the trail of my hobby for this case because this movie totally gripped me when i discovered it as a kid ! This fictive case is as opaque as the real one and reaches the same conclusion with involving the firms. Visually, the movie is astonishing because like the french comedy « Who killed Pamela Rose », the location are french but looks like America ! In addition, you will find a true classic moment of filmmaking with the scientific experiment about authority ! In conclusion, this movie, helping to understand the modern « democracy », is a sane therapy for every citizen: so try to forget the E … for entertainment that we are fed up daily !

alesaavedra Yves Montand plays the role of a prosecutor who takes an investigation into the murder of the president JFK.The film is based on the allegory of Icarus: if it is closer to the truth, it burns the wings. But in general, this film is a fierce critic of power in modern societies approach and particularly how power, whatever it may be, can bring a nobody to perform acts of great cruelty.The film stages Milgram's experiments that have fascinated, that seems much based on this scientific demonstration of the human capacity to submit to authority.

Nicholas Rhodes Henri Verneuil was one of France's top movie makers and this film is a prime example of that. It is based on the JFK assassination but takes place in a fictitious country ( not France or America ) and treats the whole affair in great detail. Although the language of the film is French, the décors are deliberately impersonal and not typical of any country or indeed typical of all countries (!! if you see what I mean ) Yves Montand is excellent as the investigator, I find this kind of role suits him well just as in Police Python 357 - a solitary man making tendious and throrough investigations The film is constructed in such a way that you never get bored even through the phsychological test sequence which is admittedly a little over long. The film has not been shown on French TV for some time and is not available on DVD here but I see Police Python 357 appears recently on DVD so I 'm sure that I comme Icare will surely follow suit.

edgar.tuerk Finally a thriller which omits the car chases, explosions and other eye catching effects. The movie combines a simple plot (assasination of a french president) with an excellent background. It takes a look behind mans behavior with authorities, and explains why we would obey almost every order (even murder) which would be given to us.Furthermore it shows us how secret services can manipulate the run of history and how hardly they can be controlled. The best thing on this movie is, that there is no classic "Hollywood end" which can easily be predicted.