The Eighth Day
What a difference a day makes…
118 mins
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.
Michele Maes
Nathalie
Alice van Dormael
Alice
Marie-Pierre Meinzel
Shoe store saleswoman
Laszlo Harmati
Luis Mariano
Dominique Lecat
Band Member
Roland De Pauw
TV Chef
Jo De Backer
Bridegroom
André Simon
Tramp
Monique Florin
Nathalie's mother
Jean Bollery
Nathalie's father
Saleem Ebrahim
Hindu
Marie Godeau
Georges' niece
Tam Vo
Japanese pianist
Didier Ferney
Showroom salesman
Marc Schreiber
Showroom salesman
Raymond Lescot
Bigwig
Patricia Houyoux
(voice)
Pierre van Dormael
Original Music Composer
Bruno Tarrière
Sound
Walther van den Ende
Director of Photography
Dominique Warnier
Sound
Susana Rossberg
Editor
Hubert Pouille
Production Design
Renaud Alcalde
First Assistant Director
