Harry (Daniel Auteuil) is a workaholic sales executive who is estranged from his wife and two daughters. His life is transformed by George (Pascal Duquenne), who has Downs Syndrome and has run away from his spirit-crushing facility. One cringes when imagining what Hollywood would have made of this, but this profoundly moving French film is a little miracle, a "stop and smell the roses" drama that manages to be magical without succumbing to cloying whimsy. Auteuil and Duquenne shared the Best Actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Highly recommended. (K. Lee Benson)
The Eighth Day
(PolyGram, 108 min., not rated, in French w/English subtitles, avail. July 15) Vol. 12, Issue 4
The Eighth Day
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