PROGRAM
El gran arco
L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche
Cinema & Cities: Paris
In 1982, François Mitterrand announces an international architecture competition to mark his presidency with an emblematic project: the Grande Arche de la Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. To everyone’s surprise, Danish architect Otto von Spreckelsen wins the competition. Overnight, the 53-year-old, unknown in France, arrives in Paris and is thrust to the head of this monumental project. Although the architect intends to build the Grande Arche exactly as he envisioned it, his ideas soon collide with the complexity of reality and the whims of politics.
Stéphane Demoustier
Stéphane Demoustier is a director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2008, he founded the production company Année Zéro, where he has supported both his own projects and those of emerging European talent. After a successful career as a short-film director, he made his feature-film debut in 2014 with Terre battue. He also directed La Fille au bracelet (2019) and Borgo (2023).
Technical Data Sheet:
D/G: Stéphane Demoustier
F: David Chambille
E: Damien Maestraggi
DA: Isabelle Tillou
S: Julien Sicarttan-Ham, Sarah Lelu, Eddie Simonsen, Johannes Rasmus Rose
M: Olivier Marguerit
P: Muriel Meynard, Marie Gade
CP: Ex Nihilo, Zentropa, France 3 Cinéma, Le Pacte
I: Claes Bang, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Swann Arlaud, Michel Fau
Contact:
Institut français
W: ifcinema.institutfrancais.com
