# ‘Until the Day Ends’ Review: Two People Connect Across a Political Divide in a Striking Serbian Youth Drama

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/until-the-day-ends-review-two-people-connect-across-a-political-divide-in-a-striking-serbian-youth-drama/
- Published: 2026-10-27T14:44:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T15:41:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/until-the-day-ends-review-1236931675/
- Topics: Business, Markets

## Key points

- Two young Serbians connect after a protest turns dangerous.
- Their political differences remain unresolved.
- The drama is screening in Tokyo’s main competition.

## Summary

Jelena Maksimović’s Serbian drama “Until the Day Ends” follows two young people who connect after taking part in an act of defiance during anti-government protests. The film avoids an easy message about overcoming political divisions, instead exploring how attraction, responsibility and personal beliefs can sit uneasily together.

Set amid student demonstrations in Belgrade in early 2025, the story centres on Lena, a committed student activist, and Stefan, a working-class young man whose pro-government views appear uncertain. After they throw a cobblestone that badly injures a police officer, they flee the city for the night. The protests followed the deaths of 16 people in 2024 when a canopy collapsed at Novi Sad railway station; the film has since screened at festivals in Venice, Vienna and Hamburg, and is in Tokyo’s main competition.

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