I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)

• 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.

Rating

7.1 / 10 (15 votes)

Release date

July 9, 2025

Runtime

3h 37m

Language

PT

Director

Pedro Pinho

Status

Released