I Only Rest in the Storm

About 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.

Pedro Pinho's I Only Rest in the Storm is a 2025 drama film. It runs 217 minutes and was released in July 2025.

The film is filed under africa, engineer, bisexual man, and west africa.

Cleo Diára stars as Diára, Sérgio Coragem as Sérgio, Jonathan Guilherme as Gui, and Jorge Quintino Biague as Borjan. The screenplay is by Pedro Pinho. It was produced by Atelier de Film, Bubbles Project, and deFilm.

Saltburn, Go, and Queer make useful companions to I Only Rest in the Storm, all filed under gay theme and LGBT.