When the English adaptation of Sentimental (2020) fell into Olivia Wilde's hands, several international versions of this Cesc Gay film had already been released. The filmmaker read the script convinced that there had to be a universal component in a story that interested so many cultures. "And I thought", she explained this Saturday at the Locarno Film Festival during the presentation of "The Invite, the North American remake she directs and stars in, "it's clear, it turns out that relationships are impossible in all languages. And that everyone faces the same question: how do you live with another person? Is it possible to grow next to someone you may have ended up disconnecting from? I think it's a very moving observation, and I loved that in "Sentimental was explained with so much humor".