Aya, a young Ivorian woman, says "no" on her wedding day to everyone's astonishment. She leaves the Ivory Coast behind and starts a new life in Guangzhou, China. In a vibrant neighborhood where the African diaspora meets Chinese culture, she works in a tea store. The Chinese owner, Cai, introduces Aya to the traditional art of the tea ceremony and slowly a tender love develops between the two. But can their relationship survive the turmoil of their past and the prejudices of others?

Set in the African diaspora in Guangzhou, in China's tea mountains, on the Ivory Coast and in Cape Verde, Abderrahmane Sissako and Kessen Ta take a highly fascinating look at the intertwining of cultures in today's globalized world.

F/LUX/TW/MRE 2024, 111 min., FSK: 6+