Large illustrator file doesn't open anymore, latest version 18

All of a sudden a large illustrator file (800 Mb) will not open because it says 'can't open the illustration' no further reason is given.
Opening the dil in Photoshop succeeds so does placing in Indesign and export the file to pdf and it will open in Illustrator. Though doing this I'm losing my layers (quiet a lot) and specific thickness of lines etcetera.
I'm using the latest version of Illustrator in the cloud on my mac.
Please give me a clue how to be able to use the file again!?
Richard

roodontwerp,
One thing often tried first is to create a new document and File>Place the corrupted one to see how much may be rescued that way (remember to tick Paste remembers Layers in the Layer palette flyout/dropdown first, and to untick it afterwards).
Here is a website where you can see whether it can rescue the file, and if it can, you may pay for a subscription to have it done,
http://www.recoverytoolbox.com/buy_illustrator.html
and another similar website,
http://markzware.com/adobe-software/fix-illustrator-file-unknown-error-occurred-pdf2dtp-fi le-recovery/
As far as I remember, the former is for Win and the latter for Mac.
Here are a few pages about struggling with it yourself:
http://daxxter.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/how-to-recover-a-corrupted-illustrator-ai-file/
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/troubleshoot-damaged-illustrator-files.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/500/cpsid_50032.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/500/cpsid_50031.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/enable-content-recovery-mode-illustrator.html

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