The Great Arch
Stéphane Demoustier2025-11-05
7.3
104 min
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.
Cast
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Claes Bang | Johan Otto von Spreckelsen | Unowned |
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Sidse Babett Knudsen | Liv von Spreckelsen | Unowned |
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Xavier Dolan | Jean-Louis Subilon | Unowned |
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Swann Arlaud | Paul Andreu | Unowned |
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Michel Fau | François Mitterrand | Unowned |
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Jean des Forêts | Alain Juppé | Unowned |
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Micha Lescot | Leloup | Unowned |
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Alessandro Bressanello | Marble man | Unowned |
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Ilaria Cabras | Marble man's daughter | Unowned |
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Viilbjørk Malling Agger | Architect student | Unowned |
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Cédric Appietto | Tavelli | Unowned |
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Olivier Marguerit | Dewasne | Unowned |
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Patrick Sobelman | Saint-Germain | Unowned |
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Guillaume Foresti | Forestier | Unowned |
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Raphaël Jimenez | Alain Juppé's counselor | Unowned |
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Pierre-François Grunewald | François Mitterrand's counselor | Unowned |
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François Raison | L'huissier Elysée | Unowned |
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Axelle Bossard | Secrétaire Subilon | Unowned |
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Jiang Hong Chen | Pei | Unowned |
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Cécile Ducrocq | Femme invitée | Unowned |
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Olivier Galliano | Ouvrier | Unowned |
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Benjamin Cléry | Gardien Elysée | Unowned |
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Jérôme Lanvin | Political advisor | Unowned |
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Jean-Yves Freyburger | Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Thomas Garcia | Collaborateur François Mitterrand (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Olivia Hahn Reichstein | Etudiante architecture (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Stéphane Soubiran | Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited) | Unowned |