I Only Rest In The Storm
Singapore Premiere
Pedro Pinho Portugal, France, Brazil, Romania 2025 217 min Rating To Be Advised
An insecure Portuguese environmental engineer with a saviour complex seeks to assimilate with locals in Guinea-Bissau.
In search of fulfilment and purpose, Sergio moves to West Africa for a job at an environmental non-profit. Instead, he just can’t seem to get things right at work or at social gatherings. Seeking to differentiate himself from obnoxious, bigoted colleagues, Sergio attempts to ingratiate himself with two alluring locals, Diára and Gui, who are initially wary of him. Their entanglement soon forces Sergio to confront the farce of his moral conundrums and his desire for chaos and freedom.
I Only Rest in the Storm portrays the torment that accompanies self-inflicted otherness. Featuring an expansive cast of non-actors, it offers a panoramic view of the complex dynamics of tradition and progress in postcolonial West Africa.
Synopsis Writer: Sasha Han
Q&A with Filmmaker(s)
6 Dec, Sat 10:00AM / 217 min
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 2
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I Only Rest In The Storm
O Riso e a Faca
Pedro Pinho
Portugal, France, Brazil, Romania
2025
Portuguese, Creole
English
217 min
Rating To Be Advised
Singapore Premiere
Pedro Pinho
Pedro Pinho is a Portuguese director and producer celebrated for his sweeping films on social justice issues, including Bab Sebta (2008) and The Nothing Factory (2017). He is a co-founder of Terratreme, Portugal’s premier production company. I Only Rest in the Storm was awarded the Un Certain Regard Best Actress prize at Cannes.
Sérgio Coragem,
Cléo Diára,
Jonathan Guilherme
Filipa Reis,
Tiago Hespanha,
Pedro Pinho
