The Great Arch (2025)

Name: The Great Arch
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2025-11-05
Duration: 104 min
Cast: Claes Bang, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Michel Fau

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.

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Released 2025-11-05 · 104 min · Drama, History

Directed by Stéphane Demoustier

Cast

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