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L'inconnu de la Grande Arche
Director Stéphane Demoustier
L'inconnu de la Grande Arche
Director Stéphane Demoustier
The story of Otto von Spreckelsen, a real-life architecture teacher from Copenhagen, who surprised the world when he won an open-call competition launched by French president François Mitterrand.
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.
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.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival – Nominee Un Certain Regard Award
Lumiere Awards – Best Screenplay
César Awards, Nominee – Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) – participation
Gijón International Film Festival – participation
Jerusalem Film Festival – participation
Lumiere Awards – Best Screenplay
César Awards, Nominee – Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) – participation
Gijón International Film Festival – participation
Jerusalem Film Festival – participation
2025, France, Denmark, 106 min.
docudrama
Language: French, English, Danish, Italian
18+
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