Pascal Duquenne

Pascal Duquenne

Born: August 8, 1970
in Vilvoorde, Bruxelles, Belgium
Pascal Duquenne (born 8 August 1970) is a Belgian actor. He shared the Best Actor Award in the 1996 Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Georges in the movie The Eighth Day, with Daniel Auteuil, who played Harry. He lives in Brussels. He has Down syndrome. In 2004, he received the very high civil distinction of Commander in the Order of the Crown (Belgium).

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Movies for Pascal Duquenne...

The Brand New Testament
Title: The Brand New Testament
Character: Georges
Released: September 2, 2015
Type: Movie
God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...
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Mr. Nobody
Title: Mr. Nobody
Character: Henry
Released: November 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
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The Room
Title: The Room
Character: Alex
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
When a strange door appears in a troubled family's house, they will have to face their darkest secrets.
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The Eighth Day
Title: The Eighth Day
Character: Georges
Released: May 22, 1996
Type: Movie
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.
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Lumière and Company
Title: Lumière and Company
Released: December 20, 1995
Type: Movie
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
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Toto the Hero
Title: Toto the Hero
Character: Adult Cèlestin
Released: May 17, 1991
Type: Movie
80-year-old Thomas recounts his childhood and middle age through a series of flashbacks and dream sequences. Thomas believes he’s been taken away from a better life at birth; following a hospital fire, he vividly recalls being swapped with another new-born, and subsequently grows up in a poorer neighbouring household.
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Title: Police Commissioner Moulin
Character: Lemonnier
Released: August 4, 1976
Type: TV
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.