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The Great Arch

2025 · 104 min

A quiet, melancholy procedural about an idealist ground down by bureaucracy, more absorbing than exciting, with a lingering sense of futility.

Genres
Drama, History
Overview
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.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, art, power, isolation
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, history
    Directed by
    Stéphane Demoustier
    Written by
    Stéphane Demoustier
    Starring
    Claes Bang, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Michel Fau, Jean des Forêts, Micha Lescot, Alessandro Bressanello
    Music
    Olivier Marguerit
    Cinematography
    David Chambille
    Runtime
    104 min
    Country
    France, Denmark
    Languages
    Danish, French, English, Italian

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