Se domani non torno, based on her father’s book, takes €1.4 million in its opening weekend as the director hopes the "noise" against gender violence will keep growing.A film about the murder of Giulia Cecchettin has gone straight to the top of Italy’s box office, three years after the killing shocked the country and reignited debate over femicide and patriarchy.Se domani non torno ("If I don’t come back tomorrow"), directed by Paola Randi, took €1,412,850 in its first four days in cinemas, from 5 to 8 November, according to Cinetel figures. That came from 186,149 admissions and an average of €2,541 across 556 screens. Including a schools preview on 3 November, the total reached €1.92 million. Notorious Pictures, which produced and distributed the film, said around 100,000 students across Italy followed the national preview by live stream. The film beat Giovanni Veronesi’s Dio ride, which fell to second with €1.17 million over the weekend and €2.77 million after 15 days. Overall, the Italian box office came close to €8 million for the weekend, up about 7 per cent on the previous one and nearly 31 per cent on the same weekend in 2025. Who was Giulia Cecchettin Giulia Cecchettin was a 22-year-old student from the Padua area, close to graduating in biomedical engineering. She disappeared on 11 November 2023 and was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Her death prompted a nationwide reaction. Her sister Elena Cecchettin brought the word "patriarchy" to the centre of public debate, refusing to call Turetta a "monster" and describing him instead as a “healthy son of patriarchal society”. A "minute of noise" against gender violence was held at Giulia’s funeral, and was repeated following screenings in recent days of Se domani non torno at cinemas in Rome and Milan. The film The movie is based on Cara Giulia, written by her father Gino Cecchettin with author Marco Franzoso, and was premiered at Alice nella Città, the parallel section of the Rome Film Festival. Randi co-wrote the screenplay with Lisa Nur Sultan. Filippo Timi plays Gino, Sabrina Martina plays Giulia, Tecla Bossi plays Elena and Tommaso Allione plays her brother Davide. It is produced with Mediaset, Sky Cinema and the Giulia Cecchettin Foundation. Rather than reconstructing the crime, the film follows the family left behind and how Gino, guided by Elena’s words, turns private grief into public commitment. Turetta never appears and his name is never spoken, a choice Randi says mirrors the book. "The moment we identify a culprit, in some way we absolve everyone else," she said, arguing that society shares a responsibility.Randi said she was moved by the result and by the audiences she and the cast have met, from families to teenagers. "We sense a need to share, to get involved, but also to listen," she told Adnkronos. "I hope the ‘noise’ can grow even more. Let’s keep making noise." Notorious Pictures chief executive Guglielmo Marchetti echoed the theme: "The most beautiful noise is that of the audience that leaves the cinema and keeps talking about it, especially young people." The director has also called for emotional education to start in nursery school, and the cast hope the film will reach schools.

A film about the murder of Giulia Cecchettin has gone straight to the top of Italy’s box office, three years after the killing shocked the country and reignited debate over femicide and patriarchy. Se domani non torno ("If I don’t come back tomorrow"), directed by Paola Randi, took €1,412,850 in its first four days in cinemas, from 5 to 8 November, according to Cinetel figures. That came from 186,149 admissions and an average of €2,541 across 556 screens. Including a schools preview on 3 November, the total reached €1.92 million. Notorious Pictures, which produced and distributed the film, said around 100,000 students across Italy followed the national preview by live stream. The film beat Giovanni Veronesi’s Dio ride, which fell to second with €1.17 million over the weekend and €2.77 million after 15 days. Overall, the Italian box office came close to €8 million for the weekend, up about 7 per cent on the previous one and nearly 31 per cent on the same weekend in 2025. Giulia Cecchettin was a 22-year-old student from the Padua area, close to graduating in biomedical engineering. She disappeared on 11 November 2023 and was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Filippo Turetta, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Her death prompted a nationwide reaction. Her sister Elena Cecchettin brought the word "patriarchy" to the centre of public debate, refusing to call Turetta a "monster" and describing him instead as a “healthy son of patriarchal society”. A "minute of noise" against gender violence was held at Giulia’s funeral, and was repeated following screenings in recent days of Se domani non torno at cinemas in Rome and Milan. The movie is based on Cara Giulia, written by her father Gino Cecchettin with author Marco Franzoso, and was premiered at Alice nella Città, the parallel section of the Rome Film Festival. Randi co-wrote the screenplay with Lisa Nur Sultan. Filippo Timi plays Gino, Sabrina Martina plays Giulia, Tecla Bossi plays Elena and Tommaso Allione plays her brother Davide. It is produced with Mediaset, Sky Cinema and the Giulia Cecchettin Foundation. Rather than reconstructing the crime, the film follows the family left behind and how Gino, guided by Elena’s words, turns private grief into public commitment. Turetta never appears and his name is never spoken, a choice Randi says mirrors the book. "The moment we identify a culprit, in some way we absolve everyone else," she said, arguing that society shares a responsibility.

Randi said she was moved by the result and by the audiences she and the cast have met, from families to teenagers. "We sense a need to share, to get involved, but also to listen," she told Adnkronos. "I hope the ‘noise’ can grow even more. Let’s keep making noise." Notorious Pictures chief executive Guglielmo Marchetti echoed the theme: "The most beautiful noise is that of the audience that leaves the cinema and keeps talking about it, especially young people." The director has also called for emotional education to start in nursery school, and the cast hope the film will reach schools.