The Great Arch
France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitt...
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.
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Swann Arlaud
Claes Bang
Michel Fau
Jean-Yves Freyburger
Alessandro Bressanello
Xavier Dolan
François Raison
Genres: Drama, History
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
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen
Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu
Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Michel Fau
François Mitterrand
Jean-Yves Freyburger
Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)
Alessandro Bressanello
Marble man
Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon
François Raison
L'huissier Elysée
Cédric Appietto
Tavelli
Micha Lescot
Leloup
Benjamin Cléry
Gardien Elysée
Stéphane Demoustier
Director
Jean des Forêts
Alain Juppé
Ilaria Cabras
Marble man's daughter
Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Architect student
Olivier Marguerit
Dewasne
Patrick Sobelman
Saint-Germain
Guillaume Foresti
Forestier
Raphaël Jimenez
Alain Juppé's counselor
Pierre-François Grunewald
François Mitterrand's counselor
Axelle Bossard
Secrétaire Subilon
Jiang Hong Chen
Pei
Cécile Ducrocq
Femme invitée
Olivier Galliano
Ouvrier
Jérôme Lanvin
Political advisor