The Great Arch

The Great Arch

2025
1h 44min

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.

The Great Arch

Storyline

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.
    Released
    November 2025
    Runtime
    1h 44min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    French
    Production
    Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma, Le Pacte, Zentropa Entertainments
Cast
Claes Bang
Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen
Xavier Dolan
Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon
Swann Arlaud
Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu
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
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
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)
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