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The Eighth Day

What a difference a day makes…

7.4 average rating
7.4
French / 118 MIN. / 1996

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Daniel AuteuilPascal DuquenneMiou-MiouHenri GarcinIsabelle SadoyanFabienne LoriauxJuliette Van DormaelSabrina LeurquinDieudonné KabongoMichele MaesAlice van DormaelMarie-Pierre MeinzelLaszlo HarmatiDominique LecatRoland De PauwJo De BackerLotfi Yahya JedidiAndré SimonMonique FlorinJean BolleryJean-Henri CompèreDominic GouldJosse De PauwAlexandre von SiversChristian HecqSaleem EbrahimRémy JulienneDidier De NeckPierre GodeauMarie GodeauÉric De StaerckeOlivier GourmetHélène RousselTam VoDidier FerneyMarc SchreiberYves DegenGeorges SiatidisRaymond LescotBernard EylenboschGérard HernandezPatricia HouyouxJacqueline GhayeFreddy BournaneChristopher Granier-Deferre

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