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Flash Forward, 2025

I Only Rest in the Storm

난 폭풍 속에 쉬어가O Riso e a Faca

Director Pedro PINHO

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LGBTQ+Love/RomancePsychology/Mystery/Suspence/ThrillerEnvironment/Nature

Sergio travels to Guinea-Bissau in West Africa to assess the feasibility of a road construction project connecting the desert with the jungle. There, he is met with endemic diseases and strange encounters. Amid people who either greet him with curiosity or regard him with suspicion as a ‘white European man,’ Sergio tries to find his footing—at times passive and naive—while adapting to the local environment. Two captivating individuals he meets along the way, Diara and Gui, challenge both his desires and sincerity. Diara, a local bar owner, and Gui, a nonbinary migrant from Brazil, form a curious triangle with Sergio, their entanglement charged with sexual tension. Their relationship reframes the grand narratives of neocolonialism—historical, political, and cultural—into something more intimate and personal. Selected for the 78th Cannes Un Certain Regard section, the film earned Cleo Diara the Best Actress award for her performance as Diara.

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Screenings3

Sat, 09/20

17:3021:32

CGV Centum City 6

199Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Tue, 09/23

09:0013:02

Busan Cinema Center Cinema 2

409Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Thu, 09/25

19:0022:37

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 7

610KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: Pedro PINHO
Original title: O Riso e a Faca
Country/Region: Portugal, Brazil, France, Romania
Year: 2025
Length: 217min
Section: Flash Forward
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Original language: Portuguese
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb Wikidata TMDB Douban

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Pedro PINHO

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Director: Pedro PINHO
Producer: Filipa REIS, Tiago HESPANHA, Pedro PINHO
Cast: Sérgio CORAGEM, Cleo DIÁRA, Jonathan GUILHERME
Screenplay: Pedro PINHO, Miguel Seabra LOPES, José Filipe COSTA, Luísa HOMEM, Marta LANÇA, Miguel CARMO, Tiago HESPANHA, Leonor NOIVO, Luís Miguel CORREIA, Paul CHOQUET
Cinematography: Ivo Lopes ARAÚJO
Production design: Camille LEMONNIER, Livia LATTANZIO, Ana MELEIRO
Editing: Rita M. PESTANA, Karen AKERMAN, Claúdia Rita OLIVEIRA, Pedro PINHO
Sound: Jules VALEUR, Pablo LAMAR, Marius LEFTARACHE
Production company: UMA PEDRA NO SAPATO (PT), TERRATREME FILMES (PT), BUBBLES PROJECT, STILL MOVING, DE FILM
World sales: Paradise City Sales

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