Overview
- It Will Happen Tonight premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival on September 5 and received a nine-minute ovation from a sold-out audience.
- The film is directed by Nanni Moretti and stars Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca in a loose adaptation of Eshkol Nevo’s Hungry Heart.
- Early reviews praised the chemistry of the leads but criticized the movie’s sentimental tone, uneven supporting material, and episodic time jumps.
- At the Venice press session Garrel shared a comic on-set tale about the so-called “Moretti method,” and Trinca described reuniting emotionally with the director.
- Produced by Sacher Film, Fandango and RAI Cinema with Playtime and Pan-Européenne handling sales, the picture was widely presold, giving it commercial momentum even as festival reaction will influence distribution and awards prospects.