🎬 Drama

The Eighth Day

"What a difference a day makes…"

⭐ 7.4/10 1996 1h 58m Dir. Jaco Van Dormael

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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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7.4/10 313 votes

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Year
1996
Runtime
1h 58m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.4/10
Votes
313
Genre
Drama
Language
FR

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎬 Jaco Van Dormael 👤 Daniel Auteuil 👤 Pascal Duquenne 👤 Miou-Miou
down syndrome

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Questions about The Eighth Day

The Eighth Day has a runtime of 1h 58m (1 hour and 58 minutes).
The Eighth Day was directed by Jaco Van Dormael and released in 1996.
The Eighth Day is a Drama film (1996).
The cast of The Eighth Day includes Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Henri Garcin, Isabelle Sadoyan.
The Eighth Day has a TMDB rating of 7.4/10 based on 313 votes.

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