---
title: 'I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pedro Pinho'
released: '2025-05-17'
runtime_minutes: 211
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Portugal'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-only-rest-in-the-storm-2025'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36642485/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)

2025 · 211 min · Drama · Portugal

Original title: Le Rire et le Couteau

## Synopsis

I Only Rest in the Storm is a 2025 drama film produced, co-written and directed by Pedro Pinho. Starring Sérgio Coragem, Cleo Diára and Jonathan Guilherme, it follows a white Portuguese environmental engineer who takes a job position in Guinea-Bissau, and his complicated relationship with two black locals.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pedro Pinho](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-pinho)
- **Screenplay:** [Pedro Pinho](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-pinho), [Tiago Hespanha](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiago-hespanha), [Leonor Noivo](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonor-noivo), [Luísa Homem](https://cinepixo.com/people/luisa-homem), [José Filipe Costa](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-filipe-costa), [Luís Miguel Correia](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-miguel-correia)
- **Producer:** [Tiago Hespanha](https://cinepixo.com/people/tiago-hespanha)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ivo Lopes Araújo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-lopes-araujo)
- **Editor:** [Karen Akerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-akerman), [Cláudia Rita Oliveira](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-rita-oliveira)

## Cast

- [Cleo Diára](https://cinepixo.com/people/cleo-diara)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-only-rest-in-the-storm-2025
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