I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)

Original title

O Riso e a Faca

Directed by

Pedro Pinho

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Portugal

Runtime

3h 31m

Rated

18

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Portuguese environmental engineer moves to Guinea-Bissau for a job, where his interactions with two local black people grow complicated. The film explores the tensions in their relationship against a backdrop of cultural and personal differences.

slow-burncontemplativemelancholictensecerebralunsettlingvisually lushmeditative

What happens

I Only Rest in the Storm (Portuguese: O Riso e a Faca, lit. "The Laugh and the Knife") is a 2025 drama film produced, co-written and directed by Pedro Pinho. Starring Sérgio Coragem, Cleo Diára and Jonathan Guilherme, it follows a white Portuguese environmental engineer who takes a job position in Guinea-Bissau, and his complicated relationship with two black locals. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2025, where it was nominated for the Queer Palm and Diára won the section's Best Actress prize. It was theatrically released in Portugal on 30 October by Uma Pedra no Sapato. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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