I Only Rest in the Storm

I Only Rest in the Storm

4.7

2025-07-09

Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa 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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I Only Rest in the Storm

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Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa 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.

Released

2025-07-09

Runtime

211

Director

Pedro Pinho

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Drama

Language

Português

Production

Uma Pedra no Sapato

Terratreme

Bubbles Project

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Atelier de Film

deFilm

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    Sérgio Coragem

    Sérgio Coragem
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    Cleo Diára

    Cleo Diára
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    Jonathan Guilherme

    Jonathan Guilherme
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    Jorge Quintino Biague

    Jorge Quintino Biague
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    Renato Sztutman

    Renato Sztutman
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    Bruno Zhu

    Bruno Zhu
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    Kody McCree

    Kody McCree
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    Everton Dalman

    Everton Dalman