The Eighth Day

1997 "What a difference a day makes…"
The Eighth Day
7.5| 1h58m| NR| en| Drama
Storyline

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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  • The Eighth Day Cast
Pascal Duquenne as Georges
Miou-Miou as Julie
Henri Garcin as Bank manager
Isabelle Sadoyan as Georges' Mother
Fabienne Loriaux as Fabienne, Georges's sister
Sabrina Leurquin as Snack waitress