Drama · Portugal · 2025 · 3h 31m

I Only Rest in the Storm

O Riso e a Faca

I Only Rest in the Storm poster
Director
Pedro Pinho
Cast
Sérgio Coragem as Sérgio Cleo Diára as Diára Jonathan Guilherme as Gui Jorge Quintino Biague as Borjan Renato Sztutman as Bruno Zhu as
Crew
Ivo Lopes Araújo — Director of Photography Pedro Pinho — Editor Rita M. Pestana — Editor Karen Akerman — Editor Cláudia Rita Oliveira — Editor Pedro Pinho — Writer
Synopsis

Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa to work for an NGO as an environmental engineer on a road project between the desert and the forest. There, he becomes entangled in an intimate yet unbalanced relationship with two inhabitants of the city, Diara and Gui. As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.

Trailer I Only Rest in the Storm — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
africalgbtneo-colonialismgay theme
Key Collaborators
Pedro Pinho Director Ivo Lopes Araújo Director of Photography Pedro Pinho Editor Rita M. Pestana Editor Karen Akerman Editor Cláudia Rita Oliveira Editor Pedro Pinho Writer Filipa Reis Producer Tatiana Leite Producer Tiago Hespanha Producer Juliette Lepoutre Producer Pierre Menahem Producer
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