
France, 1983. The biggest architectural competition in history is launched by the new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the open-call competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Dane had built only four buildings: his home, and three small chapels.
StatusReleased
Original LanguageFrench
Original titleL'Inconnu de la Grande Arche
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Claes Bang
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Xavier Dolan
Jean-Louis Subilon

Swann Arlaud
Paul Andreu

Sidse Babett Knudsen
Liv von Spreckelsen

Michel Fau
François Mitterrand

Jean des Forêts
Alain Juppé

Micha Lescot
Leloup

Alessandro Bressanello
Marble man
Ilaria Cabras
Marble man's daughter

Viilbjørk Malling Agger
Architect student

Cédric Appietto
Tavelli
Olivier Marguerit
Dewasne
Patrick Sobelman
Saint-Germain
Guillaume Foresti
Forestier

Raphaël Jimenez
Alain Juppé's counselor
Pierre-François Grunewald
François Mitterrand's counselor

François Raison
L'huissier Elysée

Axelle Bossard
Secrétaire Subilon
Jiang Hong Chen
Pei
Cécile Ducrocq
Femme invitée
Olivier Galliano
Ouvrier

Benjamin Cléry
Gardien Elysée
Jérôme Lanvin
Political advisor

Jean-Yves Freyburger
Passant parvis La Défense (uncredited)
Thomas Garcia
Collaborateur François Mitterrand (uncredited)
Olivia Hahn Reichstein
Etudiante architecture (uncredited)

Stéphane Soubiran
Le Serveur du restaurant (uncredited)