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I Only Rest in the Storm — Integral Version (2025)
Directed by Pedro Pinho
Drama · 5h 30m
This is the complete, five-and-a-half-hour version of Pedro Pinho's film, which premiered at Doclisboa in October 2025. Sergio travels to a West African metropolis to work as an environmental engineer for an NGO on a road construction project connecting the desert and the forest. There, he becomes involved in an intimate yet unequal relationship with two local residents, Diara and Gui. As he investigates the mysterious disappearance of an Italian engineer who preceded him, Sergio confronts the neocolonial dynamics of the expatriate community, the contradictions of international development, and the fragile boundaries between desire, power and belonging.
Cast
Sérgio Coragem
Cleo Diára
Jonathan Guilherme
Crew
- Director
- Pedro Pinho
- Writer
- Pedro Pinho, Miguel Seabra Lopes, Luísa Homem, José Filipe Costa, Marta Lança, Miguel Carmo, Tiago Hespanha, Leonor Noivo, Luís Miguel Correia, Paul Chequer
Details
- Original title
- O Riso e a Faca — Versão Integral
- Release date
- 2025-10-25
- Runtime
- 5h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal, Romania, France
- Production
- Uma Pedra no Sapato, Still Moving, Terratreme Filmes, deFilm, Bubbles Project