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‘Black Tea,’ Abderrahmane Sissako‘s African-Chinese Romance From Gaumont, Sells Wide Ahead of Berlinale Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
'Black Tea,' Abderrahmane Sissako‘s China-set romance, has been acquired in major territories ahead of its world premiere at the Berlinale.
“Black Tea,” Abderrahmane Sissako ‘s lushly lensed romance drama set in China, has been bought by major distributors in key territories ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. Gaumont, which will also distribute “Black Tea” in France, has described it as “a timeless, universal love story between two opposite characters” and a “sensory journey” set across China, the Ivory Coast and Cape Verde. Sissako, who penned the screenplay, previous said he was inspired to tell this story after discovering a restaurant called La Colline Parfumée (“The Perfumed Hill”) that was run by an Afro-Chinese couple.
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