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The Eighth Day (Le Huitième Jour)

The Eighth Day (Le Huitième Jour) (1996)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 85% of users liked it
    (4,907 ratings)

Two men with seemingly nothing in common become unlikely friends in this drama from France. Harry (Daniel Auteuil) is a salesman working for a large but faceless corporation, where he's become a success at the expense of his personal life. His wife Julie (Miou-Miou), frustrated by his lack of… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
May 22, 1996 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Mike Clark, USA Today

    Try imagining Rain Man without the laughs but with fantasy sequences featuring a Mexican singer in garb out of Chevy Chase's Three Amigos! and a mouse.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    A buoyant spiritual film that celebrates the mysteries of friendship and precious moments of wonder when life sparkles.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lucas M


    A beautiful and powerful, Van Dormael's film is magic and present wonderful works of Mr. Auteuil and Mr. Duquenne.

  • familiar s


    Hm, so it seems I'm once again in minority (well, that's not unusual). I found it neither funny enough nor emotional enough. And the major problem: I despise it heavily when logic is defied for the sake of entertainment, while it could have been made equally entertaining… More

  • Wahida K


    Very touching Movie. Tissue required to watch this Movie.

  • Arash X


    Puts movies like Rain Man & Forrest Gump in shade, Simply touching & powerful with great perfs

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