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.
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Cast
Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon
Alessandro Bressanello
Marble man
Cédric Appietto
Tavelli
Raphaël Jimenez
Alain Juppé's counselor
Axelle Bossard
Secrétaire Subilon
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen
Patrick Sobelman
Saint-Germain
Benjamin Cléry
Gardien Elysée
Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu
François Raison
L'huissier Elysée
Jean-Yves Freyburger
Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)
Stéphane Soubiran
Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)
Michel Fau
François Mitterrand
Jean des Forêts
Alain Juppé
Micha Lescot
Leloup
Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Architect student