The Great Arch
2025•ATP•1h 44m•6.9•Released
DramaHistory
France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Dane had built only four buildings: his home, and three small chapels.
Director
Stéphane Demoustier
Writer
Stéphane Demoustier
Languages
Danish, French, English
Studio
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Cast
Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon
Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen
Michel Fau
François Mitterrand
Jean des Forêts
Alain Juppé
Micha Lescot
Leloup
Alessandro Bressanello
Marble man
Ilaria Cabras
Marble man's daughter
Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Architect student
Cédric Appietto
Tavelli
Olivier Marguerit
Dewasne
Patrick Sobelman
Saint-Germain
Guillaume Foresti
Forestier
Raphaël Jimenez
Alain Juppé's counselor
Production
Company
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Company
France 3 Cinéma
Company
Le Pacte
Company
Zentropa Entertainments
Producer
Muriel Meynard
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