I Only Rest in the Storm vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for I Only Rest in the Storm). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 3h 31m. I Only Rest in the Storm is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
I Only Rest in the Storm
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema| I Only Rest in the Storm | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 3h 31m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Portugal | Ireland |
| Director | Pedro Pinho | David Gleeson |
| Main cast | Cleo Diára, Sérgio Coragem, Jonathan Guilherme, Jorge Quintino Biague, Renato Sztutman | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien |
Synopsis
I Only Rest in the Storm
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.
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.
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