The Eighth Day (1996)

Le huitième jour | France| United Kingdom| Belgium

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.

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Writers

Jaco Van Dormael

Stars

Miou-Miou
Julie

Daniel Auteuil
Harry

Pascal Duquenne
Georges

Henri Garcin
Le directeur de la banque

Michele Maes
Nathalie

Isabelle Sadoyan
Georges' Mother

Fabienne Loriaux
la soeur de Georges - Fabienne

Alice van Dormael
Alice

Juliette Van Dormael
Juliette

Marie-Pierre Meinzel
La vendeuse du magasin du chaussures

Others...

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Keywords

down syndrome

Trailers

Production

Canal+, Eurimages, Centre National de la Cinématographie, D.A. Films, Center for Film and Audiovisual Arts of the French Community of Belgium

Actor

Miou-Miou, Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Henri Garcin, Michele Maes, Isabelle Sadoyan, Fabienne Loriaux, Alice van Dormael, Juliette Van Dormael, Marie-Pierre Meinzel, Sabrina Leurquin, Laszlo Harmati, Roland De Pauw, Jo De Backer, Dieudonné Kabongo, André Simon, Jean Bollery, Monique Florin, Jean-Henri Compère, Dominic Gould, Josse De Pauw, Alexandre von Sivers, Christian Hecq, Rémy Julienne, Didier De Neck, Pierre Godeau, Eric de Staercke, Olivier Gourmet, Hélène Roussel, Didier Ferney, Marc Schreiber, Yves Degen, Georges Siatidis, Raymond Lescot, Bernard Eylenbosch

Creators

Philippe Godeau (Producer), Jaco Van Dormael (Screenplay)

Alternative titles

O Oitavo Dia (BR)
El octavo día (ES)
The Eighth Day (GB)
제8요일 (KR)
El octavo día (MX)

Release dates

07.11.1996 (NL)
07.08.2014 (NL)
26.10.1996 (KR)
16.05.1996 (FR)
01.01.1996 (US)