1982.FrenchPresidentFrançoisMitterranddecidestolaunchaninternationalarchitecturalcompetitionfortheflagshipprojectofhismandate:theGreatArchofLaDéfense,alignedwiththeLouvreandtheArcdeTriomphe. Againstallodds,OttovonSpreckelsen,aDanisharchitect,winsthecompetition. Overnight,this53-year-oldman,unknowninFrance,arrivesinPariswhereheispropelledatthehelmofthispharaonicproject. WhilethearchitectintendstobuildtheGreatArchexactlyasheenvisioned,hisideasquicklyclashwithrealisticconstraintsandthevicissitudesofpolitics.
