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The Eighth Day

Movie
1996
1h 58m
French
Drama
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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Henri Garcin
Bank manager
Isabelle Sadoyan
Georges' Mother
Fabienne Loriaux
Fabienne, Georges's sister
Sabrina Leurquin
Snack waitress
Michele Maes
Nathalie
MariePierre Meinzel
Shoe store saleswoman
Laszlo Harmati
Luis Mariano
Dominique Lecat
Band Member
Jo De Backer
Bridegroom
Monique Florin
Nathalie's mother
Jean Bollery
Nathalie's father
Dominic Gould
Harry's colleague
Josse De Pauw
Policeman of police station
Christian Hecq
Shoe store manager
Directed By: Jaco Van Dormael
Written By: Jaco Van Dormael

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