# It Will Happen Tonight
**It Will Happen Tonight** (Italian: *Succederà questa notte*) is a 2026 romantic drama film directed by Nanni Moretti, a co-production of Italy, France, and Spain.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) It stars [Louis Garrel](https://www.edgepedia.org/louis-garrel) as Matteo and Jasmine Trinca as Greta, two people whose lives keep crossing at the wrong moments over many years.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) The film premiered in the main competition (Venezia 83) at the 2026 [Venice Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/venice-film-festival) and was scheduled for Italian theatrical release on December 3, 2026.[2](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/program-cinema-2026-public/succeder%C3%A0-questa-notte-it-will-happen-tonight-2026-09-05-19-15) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37341481/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | *Succederà questa notte*; also released as *Sucederá esta noche* in Spanish contexts[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37341481/) |
| Director and cast | Directed by Nanni Moretti; Louis Garrel (Matteo), Jasmine Trinca (Greta), Hippolyte Girardot, Angela Finocchiaro, and Moretti himself[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) |
| Source | Freely adapted from Eshkol Nevo's short story collection, whose Italian title is *Legami* and whose original Hebrew title *Lev Raev* translates as "Hungry Heart"[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) • [4](https://www.mymovies.it/film/2026/succedera-questa-notte/) |
| Runtime and format | 103 minutes, color, Italian language[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) • [2](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/program-cinema-2026-public/succeder%C3%A0-questa-notte-it-will-happen-tonight-2026-09-05-19-15) |
| Premiere | Venice Film Festival 2026, main competition, 5 September 2026, Sala Grande[2](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/program-cinema-2026-public/succeder%C3%A0-questa-notte-it-will-happen-tonight-2026-09-05-19-15) |
| Other festivals | Toronto (Special Presentations), San Sebastián (Perlak), BFI London (Love), Busan (Icons)[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) |
| Release | Italy 3 December 2026; Spain 25 December 2026; France 30 December 2026[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37341481/) • [5](https://letterboxd.com/film/it-will-happen-tonight/) |
## Story and adaptation
Matteo first meets Greta in Rome. He is playing tennis when a woman in a wedding dress walks onto the court: Greta, on her way to her own wedding, stops to play a round with the stranger, wins it, and leaves with a beguiling smile to be married. Matteo is lovestruck. Years later their paths cross again in [San Sebastián](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-sebastian), where Greta is searching for her missing daughter, and later still in a Rome café, where she remains with her husband while Matteo has a new wife.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) A fuller synopsis adds that in Oslo, Thea and Matteo await the birth of their child, and that in Mumbai a man asks Greta to marry him in public, before the Rome tennis meeting seven years later.[5](https://letterboxd.com/film/it-will-happen-tonight/)
The film does not follow a single source story. Moretti wrote the screenplay with Federica Pontremoli and Valia Santella, drawing on several stories from Eshkol Nevo's collection *Legami*, sometimes borrowing a relationship, sometimes a character, sometimes only a single image, and combining them into one unified narrative.[6](https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/nanni-moretti-set-nuovo-film_99883502-202502k.shtml) Nevo had already supplied the source for Moretti's previous adaptation, *Three Floors* (2021).[6](https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/nanni-moretti-set-nuovo-film_99883502-202502k.shtml) In his director's notes, Moretti said the stories' sense of time and missed opportunities led him to a love story in which a man and a woman always meet at the wrong moment, and described the film as being about the courage to speak love aloud.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/)
Databases give differing plot summaries. IMDb, Plex, and [TV Guide](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-guide) describe four tenants in the same building in an Israeli city whose lives intertwine as they search for fulfillment, connection, and redemption.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37341481/) The festival and sales pages, and [Letterboxd](https://www.edgepedia.org/letterboxd), describe the Matteo and Greta romance summarized above. The two descriptions were both circulating at release.
## Production
Production companies were Fandango, Sacher Film, Rai Cinema, Pan Cinema, Playtime, France 3 Cinéma, Bteam Prods, Irusoin, and IWHT Film, with support from Italy's Ministero della Cultura and Eurimages.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) The producers included Moretti, Domenico Procacci, Philippe Godeau, and others.[7](https://cineuropa.org/en/film/493982/en/interview/495028/) Filming began on 1 September 2025 in Spain, with the film shot mainly in Rome.[6](https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/nanni-moretti-set-nuovo-film_99883502-202502k.shtml) Italy for Movies lists Rome and Turin among the filming locations.[8](https://www.italyformovies.com/film-serie-tv-games/detail/7843/it-will-happen-tonight) The crew includes cinematographer Francesco Di Giacomo, editor Clelio Benevento, production designer Alessandro Vannucci, costume designer Silvia Segoloni, and composer Alberto Iglesias.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) World sales were handled by Playtime.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/)
## Festival run and reception
After its Venice competition premiere, the film screened at Toronto in the Special Presentations section, at San Sebastián in the Perlak section, at the [BFI London Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/bfi-london-film-festival) in the Love strand, and at Busan in the Icons section.[1](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/) [Le Monde](https://www.edgepedia.org/le-monde) noted that the Venice competition marked Moretti's return to the Lido after 37 years away from the main competition.[9](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/09/01/venice-film-festival-2026-opens-amid-controversy_6757060_30.html)
Reviews were divided. Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter called the film rather watchable if one accepts its mass of coincidences, while Luis Martínez of El Mundo gave it 2 out of 5 and Manu Yáñez of Fotogramas gave it 5 out of 5.[10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_will_happen_tonight) Rotten Tomatoes listed 9 reviews on its Tomatometer with no audience ratings recorded.[10](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_will_happen_tonight)
## References
1. [It will happen tonight (Succederà questa notte), Filmitalia](https://filmitalia.org/en/film/209296/)
2. [Succederà questa notte (It will happen tonight), La Biennale di Venezia 2026](https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2026/program-cinema-2026-public/succeder%C3%A0-questa-notte-it-will-happen-tonight-2026-09-05-19-15)
3. [It Will Happen Tonight (2026), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37341481/)
4. [Succederà questa notte, MYmovies.it](https://www.mymovies.it/film/2026/succedera-questa-notte/)
5. [It Will Happen Tonight (2026), Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/it-will-happen-tonight/)
6. [Nanni Moretti torna sul set con "Succederà questa notte", Tgcom24](https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/nanni-moretti-set-nuovo-film_99883502-202502k.shtml)
7. [It Will Happen Tonight (Succederà questa notte), Cineuropa](https://cineuropa.org/en/film/493982/en/interview/495028/)
8. [It will happen tonight, Italy for Movies](https://www.italyformovies.com/film-serie-tv-games/detail/7843/it-will-happen-tonight)
9. [Venice Film Festival 2026 opens amid controversy, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2026/09/01/venice-film-festival-2026-opens-amid-controversy_6757060_30.html)
10. [It Will Happen Tonight, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/it_will_happen_tonight)
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