The Day Will Come

Based on real events, this drama is set in Copenhagen during the late 1960s. Two brothers, Elmer and Erik, are sent to a boys' home after their mother becomes ill. Once there, they are subjected to a regime of violence and humiliation led by the tyrannical Headmaster Heck. Relying on their imagination and hope, the siblings attempt to resist the director's cruelty and plan an escape from the facility.

The film was directed by Jesper W. Nielsen and written by Søren Sveistrup. It features Lars Mikkelsen as the antagonist Frederik Heck, alongside Sofie Gråbøl and child actors Harald Kaiser Hermann and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt. Produced by companies including Zentropa Entertainments and Film i Väst, the movie had a budget of 10 million USD.

Audience reception has been positive, as reflected in the ratings. On IMDb, the film holds a 7.9/10 score based on 6,500 votes, while on TMDB it has a rating of 7.6/10 from 86 votes.