

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…
Drama • Movie • 2025 • 3h 37m
Starring: Cleo Diára, Sérgio Coragem, Jonathan Guilherme
Director: Pedro Pinho
I Only Rest in the Storm
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.
Drama • Movie • 2025