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The Eighth Day

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Original title

Le huitième jour

Year

1996

Running time

113 min.

Country

Belgium

Director

Jaco Van Dormael

Screenwriter

Jaco Van Dormael

Cast

Music

Pierre Van Dormael

Cinematography

Walther Van Den Ende

Producer

Co-production Belgium-France-United Kingdom;

Pan Européenne Production, CNC, Homemade Films, TF1 Films Production, Working Title Films, Da Films, RTL-TVi, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Canal+, Eurimages, Center for Film and Audiovisual Arts of the French Community of Belgium

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Comedy-Drama. Disability. Down syndrome. Friendship. Road Movie

Synopsis

The Eighth Day tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance. Harry (Daniel Auteuil), a divorced businessman who feels alienated from his children, meets Georges (Pascal Duquenne), an institutionalised man with Down's syndrome, after Georges has escaped from his mental institution and is nearly run over by Harry.

Awards: 1996: Cannes Film Festival: Award of Performance (ex-aequo Auteuil and Duquenne)

1996: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Language Film

1996: César Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Auteuil)

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The Eighth Day

1996

Jaco Van Dormael

7.0

(1,815)