The Great Arch

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.

• Stéphane DemoustierDirector
• Stéphane DemoustierScreenplay
• Olivier MargueritOriginal Music Composer

• Claes BangJohan Otto von Spreckelsen
• Xavier DolanJean-Louis Subilon
• Swann ArlaudPaul Andreu
• Sidse Babett KnudsenLiv von Spreckelsen
• Michel FauFrançois Mitterrand
• Jean des ForêtsAlain Juppé
• Micha LescotLeloup
• Alessandro BressanelloMarble man
• Ilaria CabrasMarble man's daughter
• Viilbjørk Malling AggerArchitect student
• Cédric AppiettoTavelli
• Olivier MargueritDewasne