

The Eighth Day
Visit website7.3/10 • 280
1996-05-22 • 1h 58m
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

The Eighth Day
Visit website1996-05-22 • 1h 58m
7.3/10 • 280
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
Top Billed Cast
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Harry
Pascal Duquenne
Georges
Miou-Miou
Julie
Henri Garcin
Bank manager
Isabelle Sadoyan
Georges' Mother
Fabienne Loriaux
Fabienne, Georges's sister
Juliette Van Dormael
Juliette
Sabrina Leurquin
Snack waitress
Dieudonné Kabongo
Dustman
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- Keywords
- down syndrome