The Great Arch
L'inconnu de la Grande Arche
2025, Film, 107 min, Biography, Drama, History, French, France, MoviePedia score 67
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.
Directed by Stéphane Demoustier
Cast
- Claes Bang as Otto von Spreckelsen
- Sidse Babett Knudsen as Liv von Spreckelsen
- Xavier Dolan as Jean-Louis Subilon
- Swann Arlaud as Paul Andreu
- Michel Fau as François Mitterrand
- Micha Lescot as Leloup
- Jean des Forêts as Alain Juppé
- Ilaria Cabras as La fille du marbrier
- Alessandro Bressanello as Le marbrier
- Cédric Appietto as Tavelli le grutier
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