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The Great Arch

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1983. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of La Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Against all odds, Otto von Spreckelsen, a Danish architect, wins the competition. Overnight, this 53-year-old man, unknown in France, arrives in Paris where he is propelled at the helm of this pharaonic project. While the architect intends to build the Great Arch exactly as he envisioned, his ideas quickly clash with realistic constraints and the vicissitudes of politics.

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Stéphane Demoustier

Director

Claes Bang

Actor

Michel Fau

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Sidse Babett Knudsen

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Xavier Dolan

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Swann Arlaud

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Synopsis 1983. French President François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his mandate: the Great Arch of La Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. Against all odds, Otto von Spreckelsen, a Danish architect, wins the competition. Overnight, this 53-year-old man, unknown in France, arrives in Paris where he is propelled at the helm of this pharaonic project. While the architect intends to build the Great Arch exactly as he envisioned, his ideas quickly clash with realistic constraints and the vicissitudes of politics.
Director
Stéphane Demoustier
Producer
Muriel Meynard
Screenwriter
Stéphane Demoustier
Production Co
Agat Films - Ex Nihilo, Zentropa Entertainments
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 45m
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