The Eighth Day
- 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.
Release Date : 1996-05-22
Language :French
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : D. A. FilmsWorking Title FilmsPan-EuropéenneTF1 Films ProductionRTL-TVi
Production Country : BelgiumFranceUnited Kingdom
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Harry
Original Name : Daniel Auteuil
Gender : Male
Character Name : Georges
Original Name : Pascal Duquenne
Gender : Male
Character Name : Julie
Original Name : Miou-Miou
Gender : Female
Character Name : Bank manager
Original Name : Henri Garcin
Gender : Male
Character Name : Georges' Mother
Original Name : Isabelle Sadoyan
Gender : Female
Character Name : Fabienne, Georges's sister
Original Name : Fabienne Loriaux
Gender : Female
Character Name : Juliette
Original Name : Juliette Van Dormael
Gender : Female
Character Name : Snack waitress
Original Name : Sabrina Leurquin
Gender : Female
Character Name : Dustman
Original Name : Dieudonné Kabongo
Gender : Male
Character Name : Nathalie
Original Name : Michele Maes
Gender : Female
Character Name : Alice
Original Name : Alice van Dormael
Gender : Female
Character Name : Shoe store saleswoman
Original Name : Marie-Pierre Meinzel
Gender : Female
Character Name : Luis Mariano
Original Name : Laszlo Harmati
Gender : Male
Character Name : Band Member
Original Name : Dominique Lecat
Gender : Male
Character Name : TV Chef
Original Name : Roland De Pauw
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bridegroom
Original Name : Jo De Backer
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dustman
Original Name : Lotfi Yahya Jedidi
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tramp
Original Name : André Simon
Gender : Male
Character Name : Nathalie's mother
Original Name : Monique Florin
Gender : Female
Character Name : Nathalie's father
Original Name : Jean Bollery
Gender : Male
Character Name : Educator
Original Name : Jean-Henri Compère
Gender : Male
Character Name : Harry's colleague
Original Name : Dominic Gould
Gender : Male
Character Name : Policeman of police station
Original Name : Josse De Pauw
Gender : Male
Character Name : Doctor
Original Name : Alexandre von Sivers
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shoe store manager
Original Name : Christian Hecq
Gender : Male
Character Name : Hindu
Original Name : Saleem Ebrahim
Gender : Male
Character Name : Lorry driver
Original Name : Rémy Julienne
Gender : Male
Character Name : Fabienne's husband
Original Name : Didier De Neck
Gender : Male
Character Name : George's nephew
Original Name : Pierre Godeau
Gender : Male
Character Name : Georges' niece
Original Name : Marie Godeau
Gender : Female
Character Name : Snack waiter
Original Name : Éric De Staercke
Gender : Male
Character Name : Father in restaurant
Original Name : Olivier Gourmet
Gender : Male
Character Name : Julie's mother
Original Name : Hélène Roussel
Gender : Female
Character Name : Japanese pianist
Original Name : Tam Vo
Gender : Male
Character Name : Showroom salesman
Original Name : Didier Ferney
Gender : Male
Character Name : Showroom salesman
Original Name : Marc Schreiber
Gender : Male
Character Name : Showroom manager
Original Name : Yves Degen
Gender : Male
Character Name : Showroom policeman
Original Name : Georges Siatidis
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bigwig
Original Name : Raymond Lescot
Gender : Male
Character Name : Dancing boy
Original Name : Bernard Eylenbosch
Gender : Male
Character Name : (voice)
Original Name : Gérard Hernandez
Gender : Male
Character Name : (voice)
Original Name : Patricia Houyoux
Gender : Female
Character Name : (voice)
Original Name : Jacqueline Ghaye
Gender : Female
Character Name : Dustman (uncredited)
Original Name : Freddy Bournane
Gender : Male
Character Name : English teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Original Name : Christopher Granier-Deferre
Gender : Male
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