The Great Arch

From Wed 11 to Thu 26 Mar
Films
Special Screenings
Highlights of the Month

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.

 

Director Stéphane Demoustier (The Girl with a Bracelet) masterfully weaves together the vision of an architect with conflicting politics.

Special Screening

Preview on 11 March followed by a Q&A with director Stéphane Demoustier and actor Claes Bang

 

Intro

Introduction by director Stéphane Demoustier on 12 March

  • Director(s): Stéphane Demoustier
  • Cast: Claes Bang, Michel Fau, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud
  • Original title: L’Inconnu de la grande arche
  • Country, year: FRA | 2025
  • Duration: 106 mins
  • Language: in French with EN subtitles
  • Cert.: TBC

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