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I Only Rest in the Storm

2025Directed by Pedro Pinho

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Released: July 9, 2025
Runtime: 3h 37m

About I Only Rest in the Storm

Drama

Synopsis

Sergio travels to Guinea-Bissau 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.

Director: Pedro Pinho
Writer: Pedro Pinho
Original title: O Riso e a Faca

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