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The Eighth Day

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7.3/10 • 282

1996-05-221h 58m

Drama

What a difference a day makes…

Georges has Down syndrome, living at a mental-institution, Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures for young aspiring salesmen. He is successful in his business life, but his social life is a disaster since his wife left him and took their two children with her. This weekend his children came by train to meet him, but Harry, working as always, forgot to pick them up. Neither his wife or his children want to see him again and he is driving around on the country roads, anguished and angry. He almost runs over Georges, on the run from the institution since everybody else went home with their parents except him, whose mother is dead. Harry tries to get rid of Georges but he won't leave his new friend. Eventually a special friendship forms between the two of them, a friendship which makes Harry a different person.

Directors
Jaco Van Dormael
Writters
Jaco Van Dormael
Editors
Jaco Van Dormael, Susana Rossberg

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  1. Daniel Auteuil

    Daniel Auteuil

    Harry

  2. Pascal Duquenne

    Pascal Duquenne

    Georges

  3. Miou-Miou

    Miou-Miou

    Julie

  4. Henri Garcin

    Henri Garcin

    Bank manager

  5. Isabelle Sadoyan

    Isabelle Sadoyan

    Georges' Mother

  6. Fabienne Loriaux

    Fabienne Loriaux

    Fabienne, Georges's sister

  7. Juliette Van Dormael

    Juliette Van Dormael

    Juliette

  8. Sabrina Leurquin

    Sabrina Leurquin

    Snack waitress

  9. Dieudonné Kabongo

    Dieudonné Kabongo

    Dustman

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Keywords
down syndrome