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Film / 1996
The Eighth Day
Directed by
Jaco Van Dormael
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
The story
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
Cast
Daniel AuteuilHarry
Pascal DuquenneGeorges
Miou-MiouJulie
Henri GarcinBank manager
Isabelle SadoyanGeorges' Mother
Fabienne LoriauxFabienne, Georges's sister
Juliette Van DormaelJuliette
Sabrina LeurquinSnack waitress
Dieudonné KabongoDustman
Michele MaesNathalie
Alice van DormaelAlice
Marie-Pierre MeinzelShoe store saleswoman
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Laszlo HarmatiLuis Mariano
Dominique LecatBand Member
Roland De PauwTV Chef
Jo De BackerBridegroom
Lotfi Yahya JedidiDustman
André SimonTramp
Monique FlorinNathalie's mother
Jean BolleryNathalie's father
Jean-Henri CompèreEducator
Dominic GouldHarry's colleague
Josse De PauwPoliceman of police station
Alexandre von SiversDoctor
Christian HecqShoe store manager
Saleem EbrahimHindu
Rémy JulienneLorry driver
Didier De NeckFabienne's husband
Pierre GodeauGeorge's nephew
Marie GodeauGeorges' niece
Éric De StaerckeSnack waiter
Olivier GourmetFather in restaurant
Hélène RousselJulie's mother
Tam VoJapanese pianist
Didier FerneyShowroom salesman
Marc SchreiberShowroom salesman
Yves DegenShowroom manager
Georges SiatidisShowroom policeman
Raymond LescotBigwig
Bernard EylenboschDancing boy
Gérard Hernandez(voice)
Patricia Houyoux(voice)
Jacqueline Ghaye(voice)
Freddy BournaneDustman (uncredited)
Christopher Granier-DeferreEnglish teacher (voice) (uncredited)
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