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Dominican Rep. The Eighth Day
- Original title
- Le huitième jour
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 113 min.
- Country
Belgium- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Daniel Auteuil
Pascal Duquenne
Miou-Miou- Sabrina Leurquin
Isabelle Sadoyan
Henri Garcin- Michèle Maes
- Juliette Van Dormael
- Jean-Henri Compère
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Belgium-France-United Kingdom;
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | Comedy-Drama. Disability. Down syndrome. Friendship. Road Movie
- Synopsis
- The Eighth Day tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance. Harry (Daniel Auteuil), a divorced businessman who feels alienated from his children, meets Georges (Pascal Duquenne), an institutionalised man with Down's syndrome, after Georges has escaped from his mental institution and is nearly run over by Harry.
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- Awards
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1996: Cannes Film Festival: Award of Performance (ex-aequo Auteuil and Duquenne)1996: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Language Film1996: César Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Auteuil)
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