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I Only Rest in the Storm
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I Only Rest in the Storm

2025-07-09 · 217 min · ★ 7.1

Drama

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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Directors
Pedro Pinho
Production companies
Uma Pedra no Sapato, Terratreme, Bubbles Project, Still Moving, Atelier de Film, deFilm
Countries
Portugal, Brazil, France, Romania
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 14,664

Top Cast

Cleo DiáraCleo DiáraDiára
Sérgio CoragemSérgio CoragemSérgio
Jonathan GuilhermeJonathan GuilhermeGui
Jorge Quintino BiagueBorjan
Renato Sztutman
Bruno Zhu
Kody McCree
Everton Dalman
Nástio MosquitoHoratio
Giovanni Maucieri
Binta Rosadore
Marcalina Djibril
Roxana IonescoRoxana Ionesco
Marinho de Pina
Paulo Leal
Odete Semedo
Edite Cabral
Eusebio Incanha

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