Magazine EN Colonialism, racism, gender... ’Le Rire et le Couteau’ breaks the mold in Guinea-Bissau Jean Stern · 14 août A radical, passionate, and immensely beautiful film, The Laugh and the Knife by Portuguese director Pedro Pinho, follows the delicate mission of a humanitarian engineer in Guinea-Bissau. The film’s political and universal themes keep audiences engaged for its entire 3-hour and 30-minute runtime. (…)