The Eighth Day
1960 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 83 VOTES · DIR. Marcel Hanoun
Overview
Françoise, a thirty-year-old single typist lives only for her Sunday release. On this day, she attends a horse race under pretext of perfecting her taste for elegance and refinement. Georges, a neighbor widower, begins to court her.
Dialogue Timeline — 59 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 Men Who Have Lost Their Roots
00:00:20 in lower Austria.
00:01:09 in an attempt to replant him in better earth.
00:01:51 A new land holds him prisoner
00:02:02 they seem to him small and anonymous
00:02:07 They don't have much luggage.
00:02:15 and which leave little space for new things.
00:02:54 The beds are less bitter
00:03:02 lt is first necessary to search for new papers.
00:03:32 than the foreign words they contain
00:03:51 They could have le_ their wise parents at home.
00:04:13 They le_ their parents in a camp
00:04:41 This other won't go to meet her husband
00:04:55 Occupations have nearly become habitual.
00:06:34 but in the evening one can coniure the illusion of being home.
00:07:50 But the days are not Sundays; nor is Sunday itself.
00:08:48 Grown-ups become children again
00:10:03 lf one escapes for a moment from his condition
00:10:11 it is to find once again, perhaps more quickly
00:10:17 through a letter from those who remain.
00:12:14 For a moment, one escapes from his universe
00:12:20 but always near enough.
00:13:46 of others who return home without a key or a door to open.
00:16:01 without ever having stopped.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed59
Dialogue density0.7 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:16:01
Production Record
DirectorMarcel Hanoun
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes83