The Great Arch

1h 44m · 2025 · Directed by Stéphane Demoustier · 3.5 / 5 on Letterboxd

The Great Arch (2025) runs 1h 44m, directed by Stéphane Demoustier. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Drama, History

No US streaming listed when we last checked (9 July 2026). Availability changes often.