I Only Rest in the Storm (2025)

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Paradise City Sales, formerly known as Memento Films International, has taken on international sales rights to Portuguese director Pedro Pinho’s politically charged Africa-set drama I Only Rest In The Storm, which is set to world premiere in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film explores neocolonialism, climate anxiety, and identity in a story about an environmental engineer who travels to a West African metropolis to work on a road project for an NGO. There, he becomes entangled in a relationship between a couple of the city’s inhabitants as the dynamics of the expat community unravel around them.

Sérgio Coragem, Cleo Diára and newcomer Jonathan Guilherme star. The producers are Portugal’s Uma Pedra no Sapato, known for Miguel Gomes’ Cannes’ 2024 best director prize-winning Grand Tour, and Terratreme Films.

Co-producers are France’s Still Moving, Brazil’s Bubbles Project and Romania’s deFilm. +

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Variety: "A Sprawling Narrative That Demands Patience and Attention"