It Will Happen Tonight

DramaRomance

In cinemas 3mo later · Theatrical Dec 3, 2026 (IT)

★ Shortlisted by dani

Programme: Special Presentations
Year: 2026
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Language: Spanish / English / Italian
In cinemas: Dec 3, 2026 (IT)

The film will explore contemporary emotions, fears, and relationships through intertwined stories, resembling Nevo's narrative style.

From the TIFF programme

Louis Garrel (TIFF ’25’s Couture) leads a charming ensemble in this decades-spanning divine dramady from Nanni Moretti (TIFF ’01’s The Son’s Room) that will restore your faith in destiny and the wild logic of the heart.

Louis Garrel (last at the Festival with TIFF ’25’s Couture) and Jasmine Trinca (Simple Women, TIFF ’19) lead a charming ensemble cast in the latest from Italian auteur Nanni Moretti (TIFF ’01’s The Son’s Room). Unfolding across many years, the characters in It Will Happen Tonight encounter passionate interludes of love and loss, unexpected beginnings and endings, that will restore your faith in romantic destiny and the wild logic of the heart.

Matteo (Garrel) first meets Greta (Trinca) in Rome. He’s playing tennis and — en route to her own wedding — she stops for a round with this stranger. Greta wipes the floor with Matteo and, with a beguiling smile, dashes off to be married. Matteo is lovestruck, but what can he do?

Years later, Matteo, in San Sebastián to attend a Bruce Springsteen concert, sees Greta searching for her missing daughter. Their paths cross. Later still, Matteo spots Greta once again in a Rome café. She’s still with her husband, deeply focused on motherhood, and Matteo has a new wife.

Based on a short story collection by Eshkol Nevo, It Will Happen Tonight is an exuberant celebration of moments when the universe comes knocking with a glimpse of another possible life.

ANITA LEE