mt-title

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?

Keywords

  • Berlinale
  • Impossible Love
  • Made with Luxembourg
  • Nos films avec sous-titres pour sourds et malentendants
  • Taiwanese Cinema

Actors

  • Nina Mélo
  • Chang Han
  • Wu Ke-Xi
  • Michael Chang
  • Pei-Jen Yu

Director

  • Abderrahmane Sissako

Romance, Drama


1h 50min


tous publics

THAI


FRENCH

DUTCH

Cote D'Ivoire
France
Luxembourg
Mauritania
Taiwan
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?

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?


Festivals

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Cast & Crew

abderrahmane-sissako

Director

Abderrahmane Sissako

nina-melo

Cast

Nina Mélo

chang-han

Cast

Chang Han

wu-ke-xi

Cast

Wu Ke-Xi

michael-chang

Cast

Michael Chang

pei-jen-yu

Cast

Pei-Jen Yu


  • About Sooner
  • Press & Industry
  • Legal
  • Help & Support

    © UniversCiné Luxembourg2025 • 238C, rue de Luxembourg, L-8077 Bertrange, Luxembourg