"Our Day Will Come" (Notre Jour Vindra) is the directorial debut of Romain Gavras, the son of the well known and remarkable Greek director Costa-Gavras, who is known for his political thriller "Z" (1969). Gavras who has previously direction music videos, co-wrote this movie with Karim Boukercha, and stars well know French actor Vincent Cassel as Patrick, who also co-produced the movie and Olivier Barthelemy as Rémy. Cassel plays a role which audiences have been accustomed to for some time. Similar to his movie "La Haine" a remarkable movie by Mathieu Kassovitz, he plays a though guy.
Patrick a weary psychotherapist picks up Rémy from the street one night. This marks the beginning of a weird relationship and a road trip of a different kind that is elicited by Rémy's wish to immigrate to Ireland, where he hopes to be equal amongst red headed people, since he believes to be one (though he isn't) and deems that to be the reason he was bullied. Patrick who encourages Rémy to toughen up and fight back, somehow triggers a ticking time bomb in Rémy that will make him lose more and more control throughout the film, until a massive violence breaks out at the end of the movie. Separately Patrick shows some psychological changes during the movie, himself in which he shifts from a rather active character to a passive one, until his presence is once again required, due to a situation of life and death.
The content of the movie, leaves the audience guessing more than once, why the two characters hit the road together and why both face the problems they face, to which hardly ever an answer is provided. However the cinematography of the movie, the depressing mise en scène, which captures the mood required and the good use of the soundtrack make up for the lose. Yet the breathtaking cinematography was not a surprise, since no other than Andre Chemetoff was in charge of it, who paraded his talent for such work in movies such as "Dog Pound" (2010).
"Our Day Will Come" is a great debut for a yet novice director, who will maybe someday manage to follow in his father's footsteps, by portraying as remarkable work that will find its way into film history. Gravas certainly does not lack professional help and made his debut a small success, which is yet unappreciated, not easy to understand and a movie that deals with freedom, reluctance and quackery. Altogether it is quizzing, yet enjoyable.
