Black Tea (2024)
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?
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
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Nina Mélo as Aya |
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Chang Han as Cai |
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Wu Ke-xi as Ying |
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Michael Chang as Li-Ben |
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Yu Pei-Jen as Mei |
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Huang Wei as Wen |
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Isabelle Kabano as Vivi |
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Emery Gahuranyi as Trésor |
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Franck Pycardhy as Toussaint |
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Jacqueline Zhu as Douyue |
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Véronique Bailly as Touli |
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Roger Pegard as Le maire |
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Lan Qui as Su |
| Production | Vincent Wang | Producer |
| Production | Elsa Pharaon | Casting |
| Sound | Amine Bouhafa | Sound |
| Camera | Aymerick Pilarski | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nadia ben Rachid | Editor |
| Production | Vincent Quénault | Producer |
| Art | Véronique Sacrez | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Annie Melza Tiburce | Costume Design |
| Production | Olivier Père | Co-Producer |
| Visual Effects | Stéphane Bidault | Visual Effects Director |
| Production | Sacha Guillaume | Production Manager |
| Lighting | Helder Loureiro Alves Da Silva | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Xavier Van Erp | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Olivia Bruynoghe | Continuity |
| Sound | Nicolas Leroy | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Loïc Collignon | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Liza Weinland | Property Buyer |
| Production | Maxime Even | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Nicolas Fioraso | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Pascal Mayer | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Jeanne Geiben | Co-Producer |
| Production | David Gauquié | Producer |
| Editing | Peter Bernaers | Colorist |
| Sound | Carlo Thoss | Production Sound Mixer |
| Production | Adam Marchand | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Steve Berron | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Clément Comet | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ken Nnganyadi | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Steve Bouyer | Music Supervisor |
| Directing | Abderrahmane Sissako | Director |
| Writing | Abderrahmane Sissako | Writer |
| Production | Denis Freyd | Producer |
| Sound | Armand Amar | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kessen Tall | Writer |