Our Day Will Come
Built as a sort of urban nightmare, it features an ultimately nerdy adolescent, Remy (Barthelemy) and an embittered guidance counselor, Patrick (Cassel), who embark together on a spree that starts with rebellious anarchic acts against anything they happen to dislike… the reason being that, as victims of discrimination, they are assuming their rights.
(...) Gavras is obviously trying to point out that everyone has a potential axe to grind, whether black, Jewish, Muslim, Asian, gay or redhead. And when unhappy with their existence, they will pick up that axe and raise it indiscriminately against everyone. The drab world surrounding his characters, the adolescent frustration on the one hand and the adult oppressive boredom, on the other hand, are the trigger behind it all.
(...) No need to look for the script to make narrative sense, it doesn’t, but Gavras relies on Cassel’s contagious anarchic energy to which Barthelemy responds in style, to drive his tale to an inconclusive but highly symbolical ending.
Dan Fairanu, Screen International
Original title: Notre Jour Viendra
Duration: 86 min
Dialogue: French
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
