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