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  • 7.4/10
  • RUNTIME: 1h 58m
  • COUNTRIES: Belgium,United Kingdom,France
  • Subtitles: Français

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. Read More

Watch The Eighth Day online. Featuring Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne, The Eighth Day is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7.4. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Belgium and was released on 1996. The Eighth Day was directed by Jaco Van Dormael,Renaud Alcalde. Read Less