1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and open, is launched under the impetus of a new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the competition is surprisingly won by an unknown: Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, an architecture teacher from Copenhagen. Until then, the fifty-year-old Danish had only built 4 buildings: his home and three small chapels.
Claes Bang
as Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen
as Liv von Spreckelsen
Swann Arlaud
as Paul Andreu
Michel Fau
as François Mitterrand
Xavier Dolan
as Jean-Louis Subilon
Alessandro Bressanello
as Marble man
Viilbjørk Malling Agger
as Architect student
Pierre-François Grunewald
as Conseiller de François Mitterrand
