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The Great Arch

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Calorie Rating: 146
Released: 2025-11-05
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Homepage: https://le-pacte.com/international/film/the-great-arch
Studios: Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma, Le Pacte, Zentropa Entertainments,


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.

Director / Directors

Thomas Metairie
Third Assistant Director
Diane Brasseur
Script Supervisor

Marie Usannaz-Joris
Third Assistant Director
Anna Due
Second Assistant Director


Cast

Claes Bang
Character: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Character: Liv von Spreckelsen
Xavier Dolan
Character: Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud
Character: Paul Andreu
Michel Fau
Character: François Mitterrand
Jean des Forêts
Character: Alain Juppé

Micha Lescot
Character: Leloup
Alessandro Bressanello
Character: Marble man
Ilaria Cabras
Character: Marble man's daughter

Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Character: Architect student
Cédric Appietto
Character: Tavelli
Olivier Marguerit
Character: Dewasne

Patrick Sobelman
Character: Saint-Germain
Guillaume Foresti
Character: Forestier
Raphaël Jimenez
Character: Alain Juppé's counselor

Pierre-François Grunewald
Character: François Mitterrand's counselor
François Raison
Character: L'huissier Elysée
Axelle Bossard
Character: Secrétaire Subilon

Jiang Hong Chen
Character: Pei
Cécile Ducrocq
Character: Femme invitée
Olivier Galliano
Character: Ouvrier

Benjamin Cléry
Character: Gardien Elysée
Jérôme Lanvin
Character: Political advisor
Jean-Yves Freyburger
Character: Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)

Thomas Garcia
Character: Collaborateur François Mitterrand (uncredited)
Olivia Hahn Reichstein
Character: Etudiante architecture (uncredited)
Stéphane Soubiran
Character: Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)


Production and Crew


David Chambille
Director of Photography

Juliette Pruvost
Second Assistant Camera

Thibault Deboaisne
Music Supervisor
Adrien Abiteboul
Construction Buyer
Hugo Devèze
Electrician

Teva Cellier
Assistant Unit Manager

Ilona L'Étang
Assistant Unit Manager
Chloé Dagonet
Unit Manager
Chloé Dagonet
Location Manager

Paul Lefresne
Assistant Unit Manager
Lola Sournac
Assistant Unit Manager
Alexandre Muhr
Assistant Unit Manager

Louise Traon
Assistant Unit Manager
Brice Winckler
Assistant Unit Manager
Flore Chandès
Key Makeup Artist

Ludivine Jahan
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Virgine Seffar
Makeup Artist
Marjolaine Vialle
Key Hair Stylist

Nell Mahé
Assistant Unit Manager
Nicolas Bachelet
Property Master
Edwige Boutet
Graphic Designer

Francesca Motte
Assistant Art Director
Marie Ondarts
Extras Casting
Antoine Deprez-Segobia
Assistant Editor

Thomas Foster
Location Scout
Fanny Franssen
Location Scout
Yann Arnaud
Music Arranger

Zoé Magnin
Production Accountant
Mai-Linh Monteiro
Production Assistant
Olivier Marguerit
Original Music Composer

Alexandre Lavaud
Digital Compositor
Yov Moor
Colorist

Romain Vincelot
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Lise Fischer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Catherine Cosme
Production Design