The Great Arch (2025)
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.
Rated
ATP
Year
2025
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
5 November 2025
TMDB
6.9 (124)
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Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon
Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen
M
Michel Fau
François Mitterrand
Jean des Forêts
Alain Juppé
Micha Lescot
Leloup
Alessandro Bressanello
Marble man
I
Ilaria Cabras
Marble man's daughter
Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Architect student
Cédric Appietto
Tavelli
O
Olivier Marguerit
Dewasne
Patrick Sobelman
Saint-Germain
G
Guillaume Foresti
Forestier
Raphaël Jimenez
Alain Juppé's counselor
P
Pierre-François Grunewald
François Mitterrand's counselor
François Raison
L'huissier Elysée
Axelle Bossard
Secrétaire Subilon
J
Jiang Hong Chen
Pei
C
Cécile Ducrocq
Femme invitée
O
Olivier Galliano
Ouvrier
Benjamin Cléry
Gardien Elysée
J
Jérôme Lanvin
Political advisor
Jean-Yves Freyburger
Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)
T
Thomas Garcia
Collaborateur François Mitterrand (uncredited)
O
Olivia Hahn Reichstein
Etudiante architecture (uncredited)
Stéphane Soubiran
Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)
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