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The Eighth Day

The Eighth Day

IMDB:

7.3
The Eighth Day

Released

5/22/1996

Duration

1h 58m

Genre

Drama

Country

Belgium

Cast

Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou

Overview

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.

Cast

Daniel Auteuil

Harry

Daniel Auteuil

Pascal Duquenne

Georges

Pascal Duquenne

Miou-Miou

Julie

Miou-Miou

Henri Garcin

Bank manager

Henri Garcin

Isabelle Sadoyan

Georges' Mother

Isabelle Sadoyan

Fabienne Loriaux

Fabienne, Georges's sister

Fabienne Loriaux

Juliette Van Dormael

Juliette

Juliette Van Dormael

Sabrina Leurquin

Snack waitress

Sabrina Leurquin

Dieudonné Kabongo

Dustman

Dieudonné Kabongo

Michele Maes

Nathalie

Michele Maes

Alice van Dormael

Alice

Alice van Dormael

Marie-Pierre Meinzel

Shoe store saleswoman

Marie-Pierre Meinzel

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