Disconsolate Ivorian bride Aya abandons her groom at their wedding, then promptly moves to the Chinese city of Guangzhou where she finds work in a tea shop owned by a divorced trader. He mentors her in the art of tea connoisseurship and, gradually, they fall in love. In doing so, they are confronted with the complexities of cultural assimilation. Can their affair survive the turmoil of their pasts and other people’s prejudices?

Sissako's film, a clear nod to Wong Kar Wai, reveals a narrative of aspirational migration across the rarely addressed axis of Asia and Africa, offering an evocative and insightful perspective on interconnectedness.

Screening as a part of the London Migration Film Festival.