The Great Arch
Synopsis
1982. 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.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (16)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Agat Films - Ex nihilo
- Co-productions : Le Pacte, France 3 Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Zentropa Entertainment
- Film exports/foreign sales : Le Pacte
- French distribution : Le Pacte
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Muriel Meynard
- Screenwriter : Stéphane Demoustier
- Director of Photography : David Chambille
- Music Composer : Olivier Marguerit
- Assistant director : Stéphanie Téchenet
- Editor : Damien Maestraggi
- Sound recordists : Julien Sicart, Eddie Simonsen, Johannes Rasmus Rose
- Costume designer : Camille Rabineau
- Author of original work : Laurence Cossé
- Executive Producer : Marie-Frédérique Lauriot-Dit-Prévost
- Production manager : Isabelle Tillou
- Press Attaché (film) : Marie Queysanne
- Sound editor : Sarah Lelu
- Continuity supervisor : Diane Brasseur
- Production Designer : Catherine Cosme
- Unit Production Manager : Chloé Dagonet
- Post-production supervisors : Pierre Huot, Mehdi Sellami
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Politics, Architecture
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2025
- French release : 05/11/2025
- Runtime : 1 h 46 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 156.224
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
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News & awards
News (3)
Selections (17)
Awards (2)
CINEMANIA Francophone Film Festival
Canada, 2025
Prix SACD du Meilleur Scénario
Prix Bank of Africa de la Meilleure réalisatrice : Hafsia Herzi
France Odeon - Florence
Italy, 2025
Feuille d'Or du Meilleur Film
Feuille d'Or pour la musique : Olivier Marguerit
