Release Date

22 May, 1996

Runtime

01:58: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

What a difference a day makes…

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.

Original Title

Le Huitième Jour

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Actors

Daniel Auteuil

Pascal Duquenne

Miou-Miou

Henri Garcin

Isabelle Sadoyan

Fabienne Loriaux

Juliette Van Dormael

Sabrina Leurquin

Dieudonné Kabongo

Michele Maes

Alice van Dormael

Marie-Pierre Meinzel

Laszlo Harmati

Dominique Lecat

Roland De Pauw

Jo De Backer

Lotfi Yahya Jedidi

André Simon

Monique Florin

Jean Bollery

Jean-Henri Compère

Crew

Jaco Van Dormael

Jaco Van Dormael

Pierre van Dormael

Walther van den Ende

Susana Rossberg

Hubert Pouille

André Fonsny

Yan Tax

Kaatje Van Damme

François Groult

Bruno Tarrière

Dominique Warnier

Renaud Alcalde

Rémy Julienne