The Great Arch
05/11/2025
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.
Movie Information
Claes Bang
as Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Xavier Dolan
as Jean-Louis Subilon
Swann Arlaud
as Paul Andreu
Sidse Babett Knudsen
as Liv von Spreckelsen
Michel Fau
as François Mitterrand
Jean des Forêts
as Alain Juppé
Micha Lescot
as Leloup
Alessandro Bressanello
as Marble man
Ilaria Cabras
as Marble man's daughter
Viilbjørk Malling Agger
as Architect student
Cédric Appietto
as Tavelli
Olivier Marguerit
as Dewasne
Patrick Sobelman
as Saint-Germain
Guillaume Foresti
as Forestier
Raphaël Jimenez
as Alain Juppé's counselor
Pierre-François Grunewald
as François Mitterrand's counselor
François Raison
as L'huissier Elysée
Axelle Bossard
as Secrétaire Subilon
Jiang Hong Chen
as Pei
Cécile Ducrocq
as Femme invitée
Olivier Galliano
as Ouvrier
Benjamin Cléry
as Gardien Elysée
Jérôme Lanvin
as Political advisor
Jean-Yves Freyburger
as Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)
Thomas Garcia
as Collaborateur François Mitterrand (uncredited)
Olivia Hahn Reichstein
as Etudiante architecture (uncredited)
Stéphane Soubiran
as Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)
