The Great Arch

1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and open, is launched under the impetus of a new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Danish had only built 4 buildings: his home and three small chapels.

Cast

Claes Bang

as Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

as Liv von Spreckelsen

Xavier Dolan

as Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud

as Paul Andreu

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

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