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.

Cast

Claes Bang

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Liv von Spreckelsen

Swann Arlaud

Paul Andreu

Michel Fau

François Mitterrand

Xavier Dolan

Jean-Louis Subilon

Alessandro Bressanello

Marble man

Viilbjørk Malling Agger

Architect student

Pierre-François Grunewald

Conseiller de François Mitterrand