The Eighth Day
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.
Release Date
May 22, 1996Runtime
118 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Jaco Van Dormael, Renaud AlcaldeWritten by
Jaco Van DormaelLanguage
FrenchBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
Cast
Daniel Auteuil
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
Lotfi Yahya Jedidi
Dustman
Jean-Henri Compère
Educator
Dominic Gould
Harry's colleague
Josse De Pauw
Policeman of police station
Alexandre von Sivers
Doctor
Christian Hecq
Shoe store manager
Rémy Julienne
Lorry driver
Didier De Neck
Fabienne's husband
Pierre Godeau
George's nephew
Éric De Staercke
Snack waiter
Olivier Gourmet
Father in restaurant
Hélène Roussel
Julie's mother
Yves Degen
Showroom manager
Georges Siatidis
Showroom policeman
Bernard Eylenbosch
Dancing boy
Gérard Hernandez
(voice)
Jacqueline Ghaye
(voice)
Freddy Bournane
Dustman (uncredited)
Christopher Granier-Deferre
English teacher (voice) (uncredited)Images
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