By Adam Ruhl
Our Day Will Come is not exactly a new film; it was produced
in France in 2010 and is just now getting an American release via Oscilloscope.
The movie will be available nationwide
on digital platforms (iTunes, Amazon, Xbox Live) tomorrow, Oct 22nd. Romain Gavras writes and makes his
feature directorial debut and Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, A Dangerous Method)
stars.
The film follows Remy, a bullied, ginger-haired teenager in
France. After a fight with his mother and sister, Remy is picked up by psychiatrist
Patrick (Cassel). Their association
becomes a journey that involves picking fights, buying Porsches, and eventually
traveling towards Ireland; on the premise that red headed people are more
accepted there.
The movie is a strange journey indeed; it reminded me of
Scent of a Woman in the two main characters chemistry but twisting to the
bizarre. Cassel donned House MD hair and clothing and seems to mimic that character
at times when he’s stirring up trouble for Remy. Equally baffling is the film’s
premise of some sort of extreme red haired oppression in France. Perhaps this
is their real ‘It Gets Better’ issue but it feels like a trivial item for as
much pain as gets dealt out to Remy. At the same time while it’s hard for Remy
to be red haired; him, Patrick, and most of the other characters are only too
quick to call each other faggot in a non-friendly way. This may have just been
a mistranslation but it’s pretty ironic to have that word flung around in a
film about someone seeking not to be discriminated against.
All in all the film is an interesting journey and Cassel is
fun to watch as the demented Patrick, but the motivations for Remy and Patrick
joining up is never clear and their journey never quite comes to a full boil.
It’s worth seeing on Digital download but I wouldn’t call the film a total success.
I rate it 7.5 demented French psychiatrists out of 10. 
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