I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)

In a futuristic African city, an engineer finds solace with locals amidst chaos. Ideal for fans of character-driven dramas.

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I Only Rest in the Storm(2025)

Movie3h 31mPortugueseDrama
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Director: Pedro Pinho
Writer: Pedro Pinho

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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.

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[Cannes '25] The story becomes increasingly captivating as it explores the different realities of West Africa, subject to power struggles and corruption, but also to a certain subversion in a country like Guinea-Bissau, which resists new forms of economic colonialism. Through a story in which desire becomes relevant in the relationships between the protagonists, it presents a less pleasant perspective on the work of NGOs, establishing their relationships with dark powers, in an epic narrative about the intimacy of its characters.

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