Academy nominated Belgian comedy-drama film ‘Le huitième jour’ (The Eighth Day), a story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance will be screened at 3 pm on June 21 and at 6.30 pm on June 22 at Alliance Française de Colombo, 11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7. Georges has down syndrome, [...]

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Academy nominated Belgian comedy-drama film ‘Le huitième jour’ (The Eighth Day), a story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance will be screened at 3 pm on June 21 and at 6.30 pm on June 22 at Alliance Française de Colombo, 11, Barnes Place, Colombo 7.

Georges has down syndrome, living at a mental-institution. Harry is a busy businessman, giving lectures to 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. Neither his wife nor 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 was dead. Harry tries to get rid of Georges but he won’t leave his new friend. Eventually a special friendship develops between the two of them, a friendship which makes Harry a different person.

Written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael, the film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

La coupure (Torn Apart), a 2006 film directed by Jean Châteauvert is a story of a love relationship between a brother and sister and an eventual breakup that will forever change their lives. It will be screened at 3 pm on June 28 and at 6.30 pm on June 29.

 

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