The Great Arch

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Overview

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

Claes Bang

Claes Bang

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Xavier Dolan

Xavier Dolan

Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud

Swann Arlaud

Paul Andreu

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Liv von Spreckelsen

Michel Fau

Michel Fau

François Mitterrand

Jean des Forêts

Jean des Forêts

Alain Juppé

Micha Lescot

Micha Lescot

Leloup

Alessandro Bressanello

Alessandro Bressanello

Marble man

Ilaria Cabras

Marble man's daughter

Viilbjørk Malling Agger

Viilbjørk Malling Agger

Architect student

Cédric Appietto

Cédric Appietto

Tavelli

Olivier Marguerit

Dewasne

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Patrick Sobelman

Patrick Sobelman

Saint-Germain

Guillaume Foresti

Forestier

Raphaël Jimenez

Raphaël Jimenez

Alain Juppé's counselor

Pierre-François Grunewald

François Mitterrand's counselor

François Raison

François Raison

L'huissier Elysée

Axelle Bossard

Axelle Bossard

Secrétaire Subilon

Jiang Hong Chen

Pei

Cécile Ducrocq

Cécile Ducrocq

Femme invitée

Olivier Galliano

Ouvrier

Benjamin Cléry

Benjamin Cléry

Gardien Elysée

Jérôme Lanvin

Political advisor

Jean-Yves Freyburger

Jean-Yves Freyburger

Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)

Thomas Garcia

Collaborateur François Mitterrand (uncredited)

Olivia Hahn Reichstein

Etudiante architecture (uncredited)

Stéphane Soubiran

Stéphane Soubiran

Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)

Director
Stéphane Demoustier
Country
Denmark, France
Rating source
TMDB