France / May 17, 2025 / Cannes Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
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Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | O Riso e a Faca |
| Original language | Português (PT) |
| Spoken languages | Português |
| Production countries | Portugal, Brazil, France, Romania |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Uma Pedra no Sapato, Terratreme, Bubbles Project, Still Moving, Atelier de Film, deFilm |
| Release date | 9 luglio 2025 |
| Production | Filipa Reis, Tatiana Leite, Tiago Hespanha, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Ioana Lascăr, Radu Stancu |
| Writer | Pedro Pinho |
| Editing | Pedro Pinho, Rita M. Pestana, Karen Akerman, Cláudia Rita Oliveira |
| Cinematography | Ivo Lopes Araújo |
| Assistant directors | Pedro Pinho |
| Camera operators | Ivo Lopes Araújo |
| Additional photography | Ivo Lopes Araújo |
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Release dates
Premiere
Germany / Jun 29, 2025 / Munich International Film Festival
Australia / Aug 21, 2025 / Melbourne International Film Festival
South Korea / Sep 20, 2025 / 15 / Busan International Film Festival
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United States / Oct 05, 2025 / New York Film Festival
Brazil / Oct 09, 2025 / Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Thailand / Oct 09, 2025 / Bangkok International Film Festival
Austria / Oct 21, 2025 / Vienna International Film Festival
Belgium / Oct 31, 2025 / Pink Screens Festival (Brussels)
China / Nov 01, 2025 / Wuhan bǎilin Film Festival
Singapore / Dec 06, 2025 / Singapore International Film Festival
Switzerland / Jan 17, 2026 / Festival Black Movie
Limited release
Indonesia / Dec 27, 2025 / Special Screening
Theatrical release
France / Jul 09, 2025
Spain / Apr 24, 2026
Brazil / Apr 30, 2026 / 18
Germany / May 28, 2026
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