GREAT ARCH, THE
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
Genre
Rating
STC
Year
2025
Country
Language(s)
Runtime
1h 45m
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