Our Day Will Come (2010) ROB

I've been waiting to see this for about a year now. I had heard about it on a horror movie website which was weird but it was because nobody knew what to think of it when the trailers started appearing. When I first saw the trailer I had no idea what the fuck to think other than we had Vincent Cassel acting crazy again like Vincent Cassel does so well (Sheitan, Irreversible) and that it had something to do with the fact that the two main actors had red hair (courtesy of a translator on a youtube video of the French trailer).

We start with Remy, a ginger, who is reamed day in and day out by his peers and family for being a 'faggot' and for the color of his hair. One day in a disagreement with his mother Remy flees his house only to be discovered by a psychotherapist named Patrick and the minute these two are introduced with their fire red hear and the apparent look of disdain on each of their face in the same frame we get feeling that Patrick isn't just helping this young dude out, he has a plan for Remy and a project for himself. From then on we witness Patrick try to shape Remy into something proud and as cynical as himself, forcing Remy into one awkward situation or absurd act to the next and in turn awakening something far more deep rooted and violent than he probably imagined. The two leading actors grab their parts by the throat and run with it, limp legs trailing with maniacal smiles.

The technical aspects are superb all around with an original score by Sebastien Akchote and beautiful cinematography by the homie Andre Chemetoff who also worked with director Romain Gavrais on pop star MIA's insanely cool video Born Free. All in all this a group of first time feature film makers showing their stuff and shoveling some pretty fantastic stuff into our face and I loved every bit of it. I found myself laughing out loud on several occasions by Gavrais script, marveled by the beautiful imagery shot by Chemetoff and extremely impressed at how well the score accentuated the actions happening on screen. In a lot of ways it matched the feeling of urgency in previously mentioned Born Free. It's clear by the time the credits roll that this was some sort of inside love affair and that all involved knew what they were doing and what they wanted to portray. Fantastic.

Don't let the trailer fool you, this is not near as dark as it seems, though it does stagger into darker territory at some point i would categorize this a dark comedy/coming of age jam.. Highly reccomended: 5/5