The Great Arch. "Exciting cinema. Full of twists and turns." Elle Sun
Sun, 17 May
|Strand Cinema Caloundra
It is 1982 and a prestigious design competition to create The Great Arch in Paris is won by a Danish unknown. Politics, ego, jealousy and budget restraints test the resolve of the winner. 8 French Oscar nominations for this outstanding drama-comedy that is inspired by true events
Time & Location
17 May 2026, 10:00 am – 11:50 am
Strand Cinema Caloundra, 11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia
About the Event
The Great Arch Film Trailer HERE
Directed by Stéphane Demoustier. Stars Claes Bang, Xavier Dolan, Sidse Baett Knudsen, Michel Fau,
PG 106 Min
One of France's best films of the year ( 8 French Oscar nominations) and inspired by remarkable true events, The Great Arch is great fun especially if you love films that skewer French pomposity, bureaucracy and the mystery of architectural grand schemes.
It's 1982 and President François Mitterrand has launched an international competition to design the flagship project of his term: the Great Arch of La Défense, a building to match and complement the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. To the surprise of everyone, the commission is won by an unknown 53-year-old from Copenhagen, Otto von Spreckelsen.
von Spreckelsen's design is a perfect white cube and as he is an architectural outsider with only a few modernist churches to his name and not French the stunning submiss…
Tickets
General Admission
$16.25
+$0.41 ticket service fee
Group Pass (Admits 4)
$58.00
+$1.45 ticket service fee
Concession Ticket
$15.25
+$0.38 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00