The Eighth Day
1996 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 10,386 VOTES · DIR. Jaco Van Dormael
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 703 lines
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00:00:58 In the beginning...
00:05:11 There's blue.
00:07:53 Put a bit more confidence in your look, please.
00:12:18 It's 7:30. Good morning.
00:15:06 Damn, my daughter's birthday.
00:19:15 It's French fries for dinner.
00:22:12 that my life may be no more than this.
00:27:37 I'm hungry, I am.
00:30:16 Cherry Street in Brussels?
00:34:45 Oh, shoes!
00:37:54 Your smile isn't genuine.
00:43:38 - He's nuts! - Don't say a thing!
00:51:04 I'm fond of you, Georges, but I can't do any more.
00:55:15 For me?
00:58:27 The sea.
01:03:30 It burns me.
01:09:27 A nice minute...
01:12:26 I'm happy for you.
01:18:28 There's a pretty sky, clouds and those colours
01:20:33 - A lot of money. - A lot of money. Problem...
01:23:45 My friend Georges!
01:37:24 What can I do, Georges?
01:43:19 Mother of mine
01:46:38 The fifth day, he made planes.