The Great Arch (2025)
- Original title
- L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche
- Directed by
- Stéphane Demoustier
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- France, Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- ATP
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 103 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film follows an unknown Danish architect who wins a competition to design a massive monument in Paris. It shows the challenges and pressures he faces while trying to bring his vision to life.
meditativeearnestcontemplativeunderstatedslightly tensemethodicalfocused
What happens
The Great Arch (French: L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche) is a 2025 French biographical drama film written and directed by Stéphane Demoustier, based on Laurence Cossé's 2016 novel La Grande Arche. It stars Claes Bang as Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, the Danish architect who won the 1983 competition for the design of the Grande Arche in Paris despite being virtually unknown. The cast also includes Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud and Michel Fau. The Great Arch had its world premiere at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May. It was theatrically released in France on 5 November by Le Pacte. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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