The Eighth Day
# What a difference a day makes…
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
French
📆 Date Released:
1996-05-22
⌚ Running Time:
118 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.3
Beloved Cast
Harry
Daniel Auteuil
Georges
Pascal Duquenne
Julie
Miou-Miou
Bank manager
Henri Garcin
Georges' Mother
Isabelle Sadoyan
Fabienne, Georges's sister
Fabienne Loriaux
Juliette
Juliette Van Dormael
Snack waitress
Sabrina Leurquin
Dustman
Dieudonné Kabongo
Nathalie
Michele Maes
Alice
Alice van Dormael
Shoe store saleswoman
Marie-Pierre Meinzel
Luis Mariano
Laszlo Harmati
Band Member
Dominique Lecat
TV Chef
Roland De Pauw
Bridegroom
Jo De Backer
Dustman
Lotfi Yahya Jedidi
Tramp
André Simon
Nathalie's mother
Monique Florin
Nathalie's father
Jean Bollery
Educator
Jean-Henri Compère
Harry's colleague
Dominic Gould
Policeman of police station
Josse De Pauw
Doctor
Alexandre von Sivers
Shoe store manager
Christian Hecq
Hindu
Saleem Ebrahim
Lorry driver
Rémy Julienne
Fabienne's husband
Didier De Neck
George's nephew
Pierre Godeau
Georges' niece
Marie Godeau
Snack waiter
Éric De Staercke
Father in restaurant
Olivier Gourmet
Julie's mother
Hélène Roussel
Japanese pianist
Tam Vo
Showroom salesman
Didier Ferney
Showroom salesman
Marc Schreiber
Showroom manager
Yves Degen
Showroom policeman
Georges Siatidis
Bigwig
Raymond Lescot
Dancing boy
Bernard Eylenbosch
(voice)
Gérard Hernandez
(voice)
Patricia Houyoux
(voice)
Jacqueline Ghaye
Dustman (uncredited)
Freddy Bournane
English teacher (voice) (uncredited)
Christopher Granier-Deferre
