L' Ottavo giorno
Paese d'origine: Belgium France
Location del set: Bruxelles, Belgium
Genere: Drama
Lingue: French
Plot: Georges has Down's 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.
Visti censura internazionale: Sweden:11 Portugal:M/12 Spain:13 Singapore:PG Argentina:13
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Brazil:12 September 1997 |
| Denmark:15 August 1997 |
| France:22 May 1996 |
| Germany:5 December 1996 |
| Hong Kong:4 September 1997 |
| Hungary:1 January 1998 |
| Italy:4 October 1996 |
| Japan:24 May 1997 |
| Mexico:5 September 1997 |
| Netherlands:14 November 1996 |
| Poland:28 May 1997 |
| Portugal:11 July 1997 |
| Spain:17 October 1996 |
| Sweden:17 January 1997 |
| UK:7 November 1996 |
| USA:7 March 1997 |
| Singapore:7 April 1997 | (International Film Festival) |
| MET:3313 m |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PCS:Spherical |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:1.85 : 1 |
| Argentina:118 |
| Belgium:118 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
argentina video home (avh)
shaw brothers
sogepaq distribución, s.a.
produzione cinematografica: tf1 films productions d.a. films
produttore cinematografico: godeau philippe josset dominique rommeluere eric
attore: auteuil daniel duquenne pascal miou-miou garcin henri sadoyan isabelle maes michele loriaux fabienne van dormael alice roussel hélène van dormael juliette meinzel marie-pierre de neck didier leurquin sabrina harmati laszlo de pauw josse von sivers alexandre cleven harry compère jean-henri de backer jo vankeerbergen laurette
direttore della fotografia: ende walther van den
montaggio: rossberg susana
compositori: dormael pierre van
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: dormael jaco van
costumi: tax yan
produzione cinematografica: tf1 films productions d.a. films
produttore cinematografico: godeau philippe josset dominique rommeluere eric
attore: auteuil daniel duquenne pascal miou-miou garcin henri sadoyan isabelle maes michele loriaux fabienne van dormael alice roussel hélène van dormael juliette meinzel marie-pierre de neck didier leurquin sabrina harmati laszlo de pauw josse von sivers alexandre cleven harry compère jean-henri de backer jo vankeerbergen laurette
direttore della fotografia: ende walther van den
montaggio: rossberg susana
compositori: dormael pierre van
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: dormael jaco van
costumi: tax yan