André Simon
2021The Eighth Day
Jaco Van Dormael
Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne
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.
The Eighth Day
Abandon de poste
Mohamed Bouhari
Mike Luboya, André Simon
Abandon de poste is a 2010 short film. The film tells the tale of a silent duel between a black security guard and a life-size African black statue, as well as the face-off between a young black man and an old white man who owns an art gallery.
Abandon de poste
Mistigri
Harry Lachman
Madeleine Renaud, Noël-Noël
Nell Marignan, going by the nickname of Mistigri, a naive small town girl, falls for a tenor on tour. Unfortunately, the man is nothing but a vain, witless and talentless hop. But, blinded by love, Mistigri sacrifices all to follow the buffoon she mistakes for her Romeo. Now sharing his life, she shines nevertheless under the illusion of happiness.
Mistigri