I Only Rest in the Storm

I Only Rest in the Storm

2025
3h 37m
7.1

7.1/10

15 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Revenue: $14,664

Language: PT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Uma Pedra no Sapato Terratreme Bubbles Project Still Moving Atelier de Film deFilm
Production Countries
Portugal Brazil France Romania
Spoken Languages
Portuguese Haitian; Haitian Creole

Keywords

africa third world engineer lgbt bisexual man neo-colonialism ngo west africa guinea bissau gay theme

Quick Facts

Original Title O Riso e a Faca
Release Date July 9, 2025
Status Released
Language PT
IMDb ID tt36642485

Cast

Cleo Diára
Cleo Diára

Diára

Sérgio Coragem
Sérgio Coragem

Sérgio

Jonathan Guilherme
Jonathan Guilherme

Gui

Jorge Quintino Biague
Jorge Quintino Biague

Borjan

Renato Sztutman
Renato Sztutman

Bruno Zhu
Bruno Zhu

Kody McCree
Kody McCree

Everton Dalman
Everton Dalman

Nástio Mosquito
Nástio Mosquito

Horatio

Giovanni Maucieri
Giovanni Maucieri

Binta Rosadore
Binta Rosadore

Marcalina Djibril
Marcalina Djibril

Key Crew

Pedro Pinho
Director
Pedro Pinho
Writer
Filipa Reis
Producer
Tatiana Leite
Producer
Tiago Hespanha
Producer
Juliette Lepoutre
Producer
Pierre Menahem
Producer
Ioana Lascăr
Producer