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World Cinema, 2025

The Great Arch

그랑다르슈의 이름 없는 남자L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche

Director Stéphane DÉMOUSTIER

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This is the new work by Stéphane Démoustier, invited to the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. The Grande Arche is a famous landmark in Paris, designed by architect Otto von Spreckelsen. It is well known that the construction of this 110-meter-high monument stirred numerous political and economic controversies, and at first glance, the film seems to revisit that spectacle. But Démoustier, a filmmaker known for transforming controversial events and figures into cinema, always brings to the surface the human being buried beneath the scandal. The architect, who seems more like a humble country gentleman whose main experience was teaching students and building his own house and a church, was perhaps ill-suited for such a glamorous national project. He was a man who valued the human hand over computers, and prized trust and principles. The director, whose style avoids showy flourishes or affectation, is perfectly suited for detecting the human element of such a person. From this figure, who might appear old-fashioned because of his stubbornness, emanates a form of humanness that is rare these days.

Programme note by LEE Yong Cheol

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The Great Arch 1 — Julien Panie, 2025 AGAT FILMS, LE PACTE

The Great Arch 2 — Julien Panie, 2025 AGAT FILMS, LE PACTE

The Great Arch 3 — Julien Panie, 2025 AGAT FILMS, LE PACTE

The Great Arch 4 — Julien Panie, 2025 AGAT FILMS, LE PACTE

Screenings3

Thu, 09/18

10:3012:17

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 2

043KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Sat, 09/20

09:0010:47

CGV Centum City 1

181KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Wed, 09/24

09:0010:47

Busan Cinema Center Cinematheque

489KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: Stéphane DÉMOUSTIER
Original title: L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche
Country/Region: France, Denmark
Year: 2025
Length: 107min
Section: World Cinema
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: French
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb Wikidata TMDB Douban

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Director: Stéphane DÉMOUSTIER
Cast: Claes BANG, Sidse BABETT KNUDSEN, Xavier DOLAN, Swann ARLAUD, Michel FAU
Screenplay: Stéphane DÉMOUSTIER
Cinematography: David CHAMBILLE
Editing: Damien MAESTRAGGI
Sound: Julien TAN-HAM SICART, Sarah LELU, Eddie SIMONSEN, Johannes RASMUS ROSE
Music: Olivier MARGUERIT
Production company: EX NIHILO, ZENTROPA ENTERTAINMENTS5
World sales: Le Pacte

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