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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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