Den åttonde dagen

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.

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Den åttonde dagen är en dramafilm från 1996, regisserad av Jaco Van Dormael. I rollerna ses bland andra Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou och Henri Garcin.

Med en speltid på 1 timmar och 58 minuter är Den åttonde dagen en produktion från Belgium. Originalspråket är franska. Hos tittarna har filmen ett snittbetyg på 7.4 av 10 baserat på 313 röster. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama, hyra eller köpa Den åttonde dagen i Sverige.