I Only Rest in the Storm

I Only Rest in the Storm

211 mins | Drama | July 9, 2025

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.

I Only Rest in the Storm

211 mins | Drama | July 9, 2025

I Only Rest in the Storm
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Defilm, Terratreme, Uma Pedra no Sapato, Still Moving, Bubbles Project, Atelier de Film
Original title O Riso e a Faca
Directors Pedro Pinho
Writers Pedro Pinho

Cast

Sérgio Coragem

as Sérgio

Cleo Tavares

as Diára

Nástio Mosquito

as Horatio