Black Tea (2024)

Director: Abderrahmane Sissako

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?

Cast

Nina Mélo

Aya

Chang Han

Cai

Wu Ke-Xi

Ying

Michael Chang

Li-Ben

Pei-Jen Yu

Mei

Wei Huang

Wen

Isabelle Kabano

Vivi

Emery Gahuranyi

Trésor

Franck Pycardhy

Toussaint

Jacqueline Zhu Zhi-Ying

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