The Great Arch

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Claes Bang Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Xavier Dolan Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud Paul Andreu

Sidse Babett Knudsen Liv von Spreckelsen

Michel Fau François Mitterrand