Overview

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.

Cast

Cleo Diára, Sérgio Coragem, Jonathan Guilherme, Jorge Quintino Biague, Renato Sztutman, Bruno Zhu, Kody McCree, Everton Dalman

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What is "I Only Rest in the Storm" about?

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.

When was "I Only Rest in the Storm" released?

I Only Rest in the Storm was released in 2025.

Who stars in "I Only Rest in the Storm"?

The cast includes Cleo Diára, Sérgio Coragem, Jonathan Guilherme, Jorge Quintino Biague.