The Eighth Day ( Le Huitième jour )

The Eighth Day (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le Huitième jour
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jaco van Dormael

Written By:
Jaco van Dormael

Actors:
Daniel Auteuil ..... Harry
Pascal Duquenne ..... Georges
Miou-Miou ..... Julie
Henri Garcin ..... Le directeur de la banque
Isabelle Sadoyan ..... Georges' Mother
Michele Maes ..... Nathalie
Fabienne Loriaux ..... Fabienne
Hélène Roussel ..... Julie's mother
Alice van Dormael ..... Alice
Juliette Van Dormael ..... Juliette
Didier De Neck ..... Fabienne's husband
Marie-Pierre Meinzel
Sabrina Leurquin ..... Serveuse du snack
Laszlo Harmati ..... Luis Mariano
Harry Cleven ..... Educateur
Jean-Henri Compère ..... Educator
Jo De Backer ..... Mannequin
Josse De Pauw ..... Policier
Olivier Gourmet ..... Homme au restaurant
Stéphane Keyser
Séréna Ruspoli
André Simon
Laurette Vankeerbergen ..... Nettoyeuse
Alexandre von Sivers ..... 'Doc' Harry
Pauline Zerla

Synopsis:

Two men with seemingly nothing in common become unlikely friends in this drama from France. Harry (Daniel Auteuil) is a salesman working for a large but faceless corporation, where he's become a success at the expense of his personal life. His wife Julie (Miou-Miou), frustrated by his lack of concern for his family, has divorced him, and while he still has visitation rights to his children, he manages to forget when it's his weekend with his daughters, and he neglects to pick them up at the train station. Harry is depressed and nearly suicidal; while driving late one rainy night, he accidentally hits a dog who is walking with Georges (Pascal Duquenne), a personable young man with Down's Syndrome. Georges lives in a mental institution, where he's happy and well cared for, but when several of the other patients leave for a weekend visit, Georges decides that he should leave too, and he sets out to visit his mother. Harry can't bring himself to leave Georges behind, so after burying the dog, he offers to drive him to his mother's home, which becomes the start of a complicated odyssey for the two of them, especially after Harry finds out that Georges' mother is no longer alive. Actor Pascal Duquenne actually does have Down's Syndrome; he and co-star Daniel Auteuil shared the Best Actor award at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 04 January, 2010.

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