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The Great Arch
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.
2025 · Directed by Stéphane Demoustier · 104 min · Drama · History · 9 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Stéphane Demoustier
- Cinematography: David Chambille
- Edited by: Damien Maestraggi
- Music: Olivier Marguerit
- Production design: Catherine Cosme
- Produced by: Muriel Meynard, Marie Gade Denessen
Cast
- Claes Bang as Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
- Xavier Dolan as Jean-Louis Subilon
- Swann Arlaud as Paul Andreu
- Sidse Babett Knudsen as Liv von Spreckelsen
- Michel Fau as François Mitterrand
- Jean des Forêts as Alain Juppé
- Micha Lescot as Leloup
- Alessandro Bressanello as Marble man
- Ilaria Cabras as Marble man's daughter
- Viilbjørk Malling Agger as Architect student
Production
- Country: France, Denmark
- Language: Danish, French, English, Italian
- Studios: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma, Le Pacte, Zentropa Entertainments
- Themes: paris, france, architect, real story, informative
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