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The Eighth Day

Original title: Le huitième jour
  • 1996
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
9.9K
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Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
ComedyDrama

An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.

  • Director
    • Jaco Van Dormael
  • Writer
    • Jaco Van Dormael
  • Stars
    • Daniel Auteuil
    • Pascal Duquenne
    • Miou-Miou
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    9.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jaco Van Dormael
    • Writer
      • Jaco Van Dormael
    • Stars
      • Daniel Auteuil
      • Pascal Duquenne
      • Miou-Miou
    • 42User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 6 nominations

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    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
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    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)
    Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in The Eighth Day (1996)

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    Daniel Auteuil
    Daniel Auteuil
    • Harry
    Pascal Duquenne
    Pascal Duquenne
    • Georges
    Miou-Miou
    Miou-Miou
    • Julie
    Henri Garcin
    Henri Garcin
    • Le directeur de la banque
    Isabelle Sadoyan
    • la mère de Georges
    Michele Maes
    • Nathalie
    • (as Michèle Maes)
    Fabienne Loriaux
    • la soeur de Georges - Fabienne
    Alice van Dormael
    • Alice
    Juliette Van Dormael
    Juliette Van Dormael
    • Juliette
    Marie-Pierre Meinzel
    • La vendeuse du magasin du chaussures
    Sabrina Leurquin
    • La serveuse du snack
    Laszlo Harmati
    • Luis Mariano
    Alain Bougnet
    Magali Cote
    Jean Désert
    Michele Gousset
      Philippe Minck
        Dominique Lecat
        • Director
          • Jaco Van Dormael
        • Writer
          • Jaco Van Dormael
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        • Trivia
          Both Pascal Duquenne and Daniel Auteuil tied for the Best Actor Award at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival for their roles in this film. This was the first time such an event had happened.
        • Quotes

          [last lines]

          Harry: On the eighth day, God created Georges. And he saw that it was good.

        • Connections
          Featured in 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)
        • Soundtracks
          Mexico
          Music by Francis Lopez

          Lyrics by Raymond Vincy

          Performed by Luis Mariano

        User reviews42

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        Foolishly, without bothering to learn any more about it than that it involved Daniel Auteuil and a guy with Downs Syndrome, I avoided this classic til a couple of days ago when they were offering the video for silly money. Let me put my ten cents in with every comment I have read here immediately and state categorically that this film is a JOY. Okay, you know going in that a major character is handicapped so you figure that at some point the movie is going to manipulate your emotions and you're ready for that but, like most things, it's all in the wrist, and this one has an extra metatarsal. It is, of course, the salesman who spends his life lecturing on how to manipulate the buyer who is himself manipulated by Georges - nice touch naming him after the 'normal' one of the two buddies in 'Of Mice And Men', where the retarded Lenny is looked after by George - the irritating, exasperating, impossible lovable guy who walks into his life after Harry nearly ran into his. Okay, to make this work you need to create a character who is the complete opposite of Georges, a guy literally too busy making money and being successful to stop and smell the roses. A guy who misses his daughters dreadfully since his estranged wife - it's not clear if they are divorced or just separated - took them away yet is so busy that he completely forgets to pick them up and leaves them waiting alone at the train station; who opts to attend a conference on his daughter's birthday, you get the picture. Georges misses someone, too. His mother, who is dead. Time and again in his loneliness and hurt he conjures her up and we see the great love they shared. This then, is the back story and the scene is set for what Hollywood used to call a 'meet-cute'. Here, Auteuil, in despair, his mind in a turmoil, driving through the rain runs over something large which he failed to see. Turns out to be the dog that had attached itself to Georges who has lit out from his residential home after watching all the other residents being picked up by relatives. Now all that is left is for Georges to 'change' Harry, to humanise him if you will and this he does in spades. This is a film chock full of laughter and tears and the fact that a leading French actress Miou-Miou agreed to play what is little more than a cameo as Harry's estranged wife speaks volumes for the quality of the writing. Now and again the cynicism surrounding the gongs of filmdom, especially the Oscars, get it right and how appropriate that BOTH these superb actors copped the 'Best Actor' nod at Cannes. 10/10
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        • Release date
          • March 7, 1997 (United States)
        • Countries of origin
          • Belgium
          • France
          • United Kingdom
        • Language
          • French
        • Also known as
          • Ngày Thứ Tám
        • Filming locations
          • Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
        • Production companies
          • Canal+
          • Center for Film and Audiovisual Arts of the French Community of Belgium
          • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
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        Box office

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        • Budget
          • FRF 25,000,000 (estimated)
        • Gross US & Canada
          • $416,401
        • Opening weekend US & Canada
          • $14,397
          • Mar 9, 1997
        • Gross worldwide
          • $33,031,984
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        Technical specs

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        • Runtime
          1 hour 58 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Stereo
          • Dolby SR
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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