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Black Tea

Black Tea

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Black Tea

2024

1h 51m

6.0(52 votes)

Romance

Drama

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?

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Cinéfrance Studios

House on Fire

House on Fire International

Red Lion

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Nina Mélo

Nina Mélo

Aya

Chang Han

Chang Han

Cai

Wu Ke-xi

Wu Ke-xi

Ying

Michael Chang

Michael Chang

Li-Ben

Yu Pei-Jen

Yu Pei-Jen

Mei

Huang Wei

Huang Wei

Wen

Isabelle Kabano

Isabelle Kabano

Vivi

Emery Gahuranyi

Trésor

Franck Pycardhy

Toussaint

Jacqueline Zhu

Jacqueline Zhu

Douyue

Creative team

Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako
Written by: Abderrahmane Sissako
Kessen Tall
Produced by: Vincent Wang
Vincent Quénault

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