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El octavo día

Título original: Le huitième jour
  • 1996
  • 13
  • 1h 58min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
7,5/10
10 mil
TU PUNTUACIÓN
Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne in El octavo día (1996)
ComedyDrama

Entre un vendedor ocupado pero infeliz y un residente de un manicomio se desarrolla una amistad inusual y maravillosa.Entre un vendedor ocupado pero infeliz y un residente de un manicomio se desarrolla una amistad inusual y maravillosa.Entre un vendedor ocupado pero infeliz y un residente de un manicomio se desarrolla una amistad inusual y maravillosa.

  • Dirección
    • Jaco Van Dormael
  • Guión
    • Jaco Van Dormael
  • Reparto principal
    • Daniel Auteuil
    • Pascal Duquenne
    • Miou-Miou
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    7,5/10
    10 mil
    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Jaco Van Dormael
    • Guión
      • Jaco Van Dormael
    • Reparto principal
      • Daniel Auteuil
      • Pascal Duquenne
      • Miou-Miou
    • 42Reseñas de usuarios
    • 14Reseñas de críticos
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    • Premios
      • 6 premios y 6 nominaciones en total

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    Daniel Auteuil
    Daniel Auteuil
    • Harry
    Pascal Duquenne
    Pascal Duquenne
    • Georges
    Miou-Miou
    Miou-Miou
    • Julie
    Henri Garcin
    Henri Garcin
    • Le directeur de la banque
    Isabelle Sadoyan
    • la mère de Georges
    Michele Maes
    • Nathalie
    • (as Michèle Maes)
    Fabienne Loriaux
    • la soeur de Georges - Fabienne
    Alice van Dormael
    • Alice
    Juliette Van Dormael
    • Juliette
    Marie-Pierre Meinzel
    • La vendeuse du magasin du chaussures
    Sabrina Leurquin
    • La serveuse du snack
    Laszlo Harmati
    • Luis Mariano
    Alain Bougnet
    Magali Cote
    Jean Désert
    Michele Gousset
      Philippe Minck
        Dominique Lecat
        • Dirección
          • Jaco Van Dormael
        • Guión
          • Jaco Van Dormael
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        8raymond-15

        I laughed through my tears!

        Everyone we meet influences our thinking, modifies our ways, a little bit of that person rubs off onto us. "The Eighth Day" takes up this theme (Compare "Rainmaker"). In this film Harry (Daniel Auteuil) a businessman expert in sales psychology meets up with Georges (Pascal Duquenne), a Down's Syndrome child on the run. Winning performances from both these actors give this film its main strength. The opening sequence is excellent where Georges relates his theory on the creation of the world and in the closing scene we discover what God created on the eighth day. There are some moments in the story that are very frustrating for Harry. For example, Georges who is completely uninhibited demands a pair of expensive shoes and hasn't enough money. It's the kind of scene where you laugh through your tears. I liked the scene where the Down's Syndrome group on a trip to the Art Gallery escape on a bus and gate-crash the Paradis fun park. The most humorous of all the embarrassments is the scene where Harry and Georges pass a horse-float on the highway and, looking back, Georges gives the driver a rude salute. But there are some gentle scenes as well, especially the impressive use of close-ups of hands - hands feeling the sun,wind and rain, hands reaching up, hands reaching out and clasping in love and friendship. This is true cinema which touches the heart. There are very moving scenes where Georges proposes to Nathalie, where Georges cradles Harry's head in his arms, where Georges keeps calling for his dear Mom, where Georges teaches Harry to laugh..I felt there was a profound message in the film that life is beautiful- the very presence of grass (Did you know it cries when you cut it?), the trees overhead, the song of birds, the little insects - all nature's miraculous creatures. They are all there to be enjoyed if we but lie back (like Harry and Georges) look around us and listen......A beautiful film.
        9khatcher-2

        Chapeau!

        For anyone with a moderate sensibility, a moderate feeling of the human and humane condition, for anyone capable of getting above the Hollywood ilk, for anyone who is satisfied seeing cinema which does not have a series of Seagals/Willis/Van Dammes blasting the brains out of anybody or seeing who gets into bed with whom, for anyone whose intellectual level reaches a capacity to grasp, sympathise with, comprehend, laugh WITH, cry WITH natural tender heart-warming hilarious compassionate HUMAN BEINGS, `Le Huitième Jour' is waiting for you. Jaco van Dormael has not achieved simply a masterpiece, that would have been too simplistic; he has achieved one of those rare monumental works of art in the cinematographic world which defies any kind of encapsuling. Is it a drama? Is it a comedy? No: it is the story of Georges, a wonderful funny pitiful laughable loving frightened beautiful personality, a sufferer of the Downes Syndrome. It is a story which has you laughing through your tears, but this is not one of those classic tear-jerkers; this film moves through a world that has you at once mixing your feelings of compassion or pity or even shame with those of admiration, warmth and even love. A successful banking salesman, Harry, bumps into Georges: they were both going in opposite directions with absolutely opposing ideas, problems and priorities; skillfully van Dormael melts these two unlikely men into a warm friendship, but which is so much more than the good buddy friendship of those having a beer down the road. This is a relationship which develops into a profound needing by both for the other. The cuasi-surrealist scenes fit in perfectly: Georges recalls (or invents) past scenes of his life while either day-dreaming or sleeping; even the almost phantasmagorical final scene is totally correct. The only scene which might be considered a little out of place is when they steal a bus and drive it out of the show-rooms. However, this does not detract from the whole. This film is a monument. Even if your French is not up to much, please bear seeing it with sub-titles. `Le Huitième Jour' is worth the trouble. As for anything else, well, just read the following commentaries – I go along with all of them. This film is a joy, it is majestic, it is unique. If you have seen `Rain Man' which I consider an excellent film, you must see this one: it is far superior because it has not the superficial veneer of famous Hollywood-produced world-renowned actors; it has Pascal Duquenne and Daniel Auteuil – TEN oscars for these two, and three more for Jaco van Dormael. Who cares…………? Yes: 11 out of 10 if the IMDb rating doesn't break down under the strain.

        Magnifique! Chapeau!
        writers_reign

        Of Mice And Rain Men

        Foolishly, without bothering to learn any more about it than that it involved Daniel Auteuil and a guy with Downs Syndrome, I avoided this classic til a couple of days ago when they were offering the video for silly money. Let me put my ten cents in with every comment I have read here immediately and state categorically that this film is a JOY. Okay, you know going in that a major character is handicapped so you figure that at some point the movie is going to manipulate your emotions and you're ready for that but, like most things, it's all in the wrist, and this one has an extra metatarsal. It is, of course, the salesman who spends his life lecturing on how to manipulate the buyer who is himself manipulated by Georges - nice touch naming him after the 'normal' one of the two buddies in 'Of Mice And Men', where the retarded Lenny is looked after by George - the irritating, exasperating, impossible lovable guy who walks into his life after Harry nearly ran into his. Okay, to make this work you need to create a character who is the complete opposite of Georges, a guy literally too busy making money and being successful to stop and smell the roses. A guy who misses his daughters dreadfully since his estranged wife - it's not clear if they are divorced or just separated - took them away yet is so busy that he completely forgets to pick them up and leaves them waiting alone at the train station; who opts to attend a conference on his daughter's birthday, you get the picture. Georges misses someone, too. His mother, who is dead. Time and again in his loneliness and hurt he conjures her up and we see the great love they shared. This then, is the back story and the scene is set for what Hollywood used to call a 'meet-cute'. Here, Auteuil, in despair, his mind in a turmoil, driving through the rain runs over something large which he failed to see. Turns out to be the dog that had attached itself to Georges who has lit out from his residential home after watching all the other residents being picked up by relatives. Now all that is left is for Georges to 'change' Harry, to humanise him if you will and this he does in spades. This is a film chock full of laughter and tears and the fact that a leading French actress Miou-Miou agreed to play what is little more than a cameo as Harry's estranged wife speaks volumes for the quality of the writing. Now and again the cynicism surrounding the gongs of filmdom, especially the Oscars, get it right and how appropriate that BOTH these superb actors copped the 'Best Actor' nod at Cannes. 10/10
        Chrysanthepop

        The Mystery of the 8th Day

        With 'Le Huitième Jour' director Jaco van Dormael tells us a moving tale of two complete strangers (who couldn't be more different from each other), whose paths cross as they travel opposite directions. After this odd encounter, together, both take turns heading towards each other's destinations but with heartbreaking results. However, this journey allows them to find something they didn't know they were looking for.

        Let's get the flaws out of the way: Certain scenes may feel a little dramatic but it still remains within the tone of the film, never looking out of place. Even though Harry and Georges are the primary focus of the film, some of the important supporting characters are poorly developed, especially Georges's hating sister and Miou Miou's Julie.

        But those minuses aside, is 'Le Huitième Jour' a road movie (the landscapes are dazzling)? Is it a study of two characters? Is it a 'buddy' movie (certainly not the typical Hollywood kind)? Is it a dramedy?

        It's poetry. The film, in a way, moves from one genre to another but it flows beautifully. The balance in humour, and intensity is first rate. The jokes work well and the timing is just right. I did find the ending to be a tad too dramatic.

        What Georges shows the viewer is that, while people desire similarities, it is our differences that make us unique. Yet, that is the very reason why Georges is rejected by the 'real world'. What Harry further shows is that none of these supposed similarities that people look for in each other matters because acceptance, respect, being open to possibilities and being true to oneself are what will bring the greater joy.

        'Le Huitième Jour' is stunningly filmed and wonderfully acted. Pascal Duquenne and Daniel Auteuil are superb. Duquenne delivers a very natural performance and Auteuil is terrifically restrained. They are well supported by Isabelle Sadoyan, Michele Maes and the two actors who play Harry's daughter.

        'Le Huitième Jour' engages you right from the start. It's funny, intense, enlightening and reaches straight for the heart.
        Gordon-11

        A touching film for good natured souls

        This film is about the unlikely friendship between a businessman and a man with Down Syndrome.

        The character development in this film is excellent. We get to believe that Harry is a businessman who neglects his family, and Georges is an innocent man who craves loving and care from the "normal" society. Acting is excellent, and the Cannes best actor award is well deserved.

        The fantasy scenes in the film highlights the fact that Georges misery towards his abandonment by his family, and his desire to be treated like a normal person. The song that gets played repeatedly also reinforces this message. The film shows that people who are mentally handicapped are good natured. We have been treating them with discrimination and neglect, a fact that is highlighted by the scene where Georges gives a present to the waitress in the kitchen). If we get to understand and share these people's world, both we and the mentally handicapped can become very happy.

        I was so drawn into the film and the characters' emotional experiences. It is a touching film for good natured souls.

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        • Curiosidades
          Both Pascal Duquenne and Daniel Auteuil tied for the Best Actor Award at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival for their roles in this film. This was the first time such an event had happened.
        • Citas

          [lying on the grass in the sun]

          Harry: We should get going.

          Georges: Just one more minute.

          Harry: Okay.

          [they lie down for a minute more]

          Harry: [looks at his watch] Okay, it's over.

          Georges: A nice minute, for us.

        • Conexiones
          Featured in 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997)
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          Music by Francis Lopez

          Lyrics by Raymond Vincy

          Performed by Luis Mariano

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        • Fecha de lanzamiento
          • 18 de octubre de 1996 (España)
        • Países de origen
          • Bélgica
          • Francia
          • Reino Unido
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          • Francés
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        • Localizaciones del rodaje
          • Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Bélgica
        • Empresas productoras
          • Canal+
          • Center for Film and Audiovisual Arts of the French Community of Belgium
          • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
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        • Presupuesto
          • 25.000.000 FRF (estimación)
        • Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
          • 416.401 US$
        • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
          • 14.397 US$
          • 9 mar 1997
        • Recaudación en todo el mundo
          • 33.031.984 US$
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          1 hora 58 minutos
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          • Stereo
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        • Relación de aspecto
          • 1.85 : 1

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