Black Tea (2024)

Directed by

Abderrahmane Sissako

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Taiwan, France

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Ivorian woman in her 30s moves to China and begins a relationship with a Chinese man in his 40s. The story follows their cross-cultural romance as they navigate personal and societal differences.

romanticcontemplativetenderslow-burnculturally inflectedmelancholicunderstatedintimate

What happens

Black Tea is a 2024 romantic drama film co-written and directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. The film starring Nina Mélo and Chang Han is about an Ivorian woman in her 30s who immigrates to China and falls in love with a 45 year old Chinese man. An international co-production between France, Mauritania, Luxembourg, Taiwan and Ivory Coast, it 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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