Where to Watch The Eighth Day (1997)

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Below, you'll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Eighth Day' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Eighth Day' right now, here are some particulars about the D. A. Films, Working Title Films, Pan-Européenne, TF1 Films Production, RTL-TVi drama flick.

The Eighth Day starring Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Henri Garcin has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 58 min, and a scheduled release date of March 7th, 1997.

It received a user score of 74/100 on TMDb, which collated reviews from 293 knowledgeable users.

Here’s what’s going on in this one... Here's the plot: "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." .