The Eighth Day 1996

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NETFLIX Rating : 4.2

IMDB Rating : 7.6

FD Smart Rating : 8

Synopsis : While driving through the country, a successful businessman hits a youth with Down syndrome and in the aftermath, the two men form an unlikely bond.

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Andorra , French Guiana , French Polynesia , Guadeloupe , Martinique , Monaco , New Caledonia , Réunion , Saint Martin , Saint Pierre and Miquelon , Wallis and Futuna

Actors:

Helene Roussel , Miou-Miou , Pascal Duquenne , Daniel Auteuil , Fabienne Loriaux , Henri Garcin , Alice van Dormael , Isabelle Sadoyan , Michele Maes

Creators:

Jaco Van Dormael

Languages:

French

Subtitles:

French

Genres:

Comedy, Drama

Release Date:

1996

Run Time:

1h57m

Maturity Rating:

Not rated. This film has not been rated.

Georges has Down's 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 nor 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.