The Great Arch

The Great Arch is meticulously crafted, thoughtful and engrossing; it feels like it’s been made with love.

...La Grande Arche de la Défense is a remarkable piece of work. But did the end justify the means? ...Demoustier’s position on that question is ambivalent at best. And that’s precisely what makes The Great Arch such a great watch.

It’s a solid, well-made culture-clash drama that does manage to provide a little more insight and emotion than would come from scanning von Spreckelsen’s Wiki bio.

With triumphal arches in the news, it’s fortuitous timing for this subtle, poignant character study about lofty, even outrageous, ambition, and what we like to imagine are its limits