Black Tea

Drama Romance

France, Luxembourg, Taiwan

English, French, Mandarin, Portuguese

February 28, 2024

1hr 50min

Status: released

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Black Tea Movie Details:

Country	France, Mauritania, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Ivory Coast
Language	Mandarin, French, English, Portuguese
Genre	Drama, Romance
Release date	21 February 2024 (Berlinale) 28 February 2024 (France)
Running time	1hr 50min
Starring	Nina Mélo Chang Han Wu Ke-xi
Directed by	Abderrahmane Sissako
Written by	Kessen Fatoumata Tall Abderrahmane Sissako
Produced by	David Gauquié Julien Deris Denis Freyd Kessen Fatoumata Tall Jean-Luc Ormières
Cinematography by	Aymerick Pilarski
Edited by	Nadia Ben Rachid
Music by	Armand Amar
Production Company	Cinéfrance Studios Archipel 35 Dune Vision Gaumont Red Lion House on Fire House on Fire International Wassakara Productions Arte France Cinéma
Distributor	Gaumont (France) Pathé BC Afrique (Sub-Saharan Africa and Maghreb) Cinéart (Benelux) AV Jet (Taiwan)

Black Tea Movie Cast & Characters:

Nina Mélo as Aya
Chang Han as Cai
Wu Ke-xi
Michael Chang
Pei Jen Yu
Wei Huang
Emery Gahuranyi
Isabelle Kabano:
Marie Odo
Franck Pycardhy
Cheikh Ahmed Kenkou

Storyline:

On her wedding day, Aya, a young woman in her early thirties from Ivory Coast shocks everyone by rejecting her groom. She moves to Guangzhou, China and finds a job in a tea export shop, where she meets Cai, a Chinese man who is 45 years old. They fall in love, but their relationship faces challenges from their history and the bias of others.

About Black Tea Movie:

Black Tea is a romantic drama film co-written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. The film starring Nina Mélo and Chang Han is about a young Ivorian woman who immigrates to China and falls in love with an older Chinese man.

The international co-production between France, Mauritania, Luxembourg, Taiwan, and Ivory Coast was selected in the Competition at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival held from 15 to 25 February 2024, where it competed for the Golden Bear with its first screening on 21 February at Berlinale Palast. It was theatrically released in France on 28 February 2024.