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Black Tea

Black Tea

20246.01h 51m

Overview

Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-year-old Chinese man. Aya and Cai fall in love but can their affair survive the turmoil of their past and other people’s prejudices?

Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Written by Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
Produced by Vincent Wang, Vincent Quénault, David Gauquié
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Top Cast

Nina Mélo

Nina Mélo

Aya

Chang Han

Chang Han

Cai

Wu Ke-Xi

Wu Ke-Xi

Ying

Michael Chang

Michael Chang

Li-Ben

Pei-Jen Yu

Pei-Jen Yu

Mei

Wei Huang

Wei Huang

Wen

Isabelle Kabano

Isabelle Kabano

Vivi

E

Emery Gahuranyi

Trésor

F

Franck Pycardhy

Toussaint

Jacqueline Zhu Zhi-Ying

Jacqueline Zhu Zhi-Ying

Douyue

Themes & Keywords

teainterracial relationshipaccidental lovetea ceremonycôte d'ivoireguangzhou, china

About Black Tea

Black Tea is a romance, drama film released in 2024 exploring themes of tea, interracial relationship, accidental love, tea ceremony, côte d'ivoire, guangzhou, china. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, it stars Nina Mélo, Chang Han, Wu Ke-Xi. Aya, a young Ivorian woman in her early thirties, says no on her wedding day, to everyone’s astonishment. After emigrating to Asia, she works in a tea export shop with Cai, a 45-year-old Chinese man. Aya and Cai fall in love but can their affair survive the turmoil of their past and other people’s prejudices?

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