”I’ll wait for you as long as you want. But will it happen sooner or later?”
This is the logline for Nanni Moretti’s latest film. Loosely adapted from Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo’s short story collection Hungry Heart, the film stars French actor Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca, with Moretti himself making a cameo appearance. The mere fact that the director whose films have been selected for the Cannes competition an astonishing nine times chose Venice over Cannes this time has generated buzz since early this year. Audiences will get to see the reason for themselves on screen. The film quietly contemplates the relationships, anxieties, and fragility of contemporary life, moving forward - calmly yet ardently - toward somewhere: toward the night when two people will face each other once again. It will happen tonight.
Born in Italy in 1953. He is a master of Italian cinema who has worked across multiple roles as a director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Following his feature debut Ecce Bombo (1978), he won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival for Sweet Dreams (1981), and Palombella Rossa (1989) was named the top film of that year by Cahiers du Cinéma. Every film he has directed since Dear Diary (1993) has screened at the Cannes Film Festival, a streak he continues to this day; he won the Palme d′Or for The Son′s Room (2001), and in 2012 served as the president of the jury in Cannes′ main competition. He has also consistently featured in Cannes′ main competition with films such as The Caiman (2006), a satire of the Berlusconi era, We Have a Pope (2011), starring Michel Piccoli, and Mia Madre (2015). Three Floors (2021) screened at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival. His new film, It Will Happen Tonight, stars Louis Garrel and Jasmine Trinca and had its world premiere in the main competition of the 2026 Venice Film Festival, where it received a nine-minute standing ovation and was nominated for the Golden Lion.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
