The Aroma of Tea

2006 Dutch film
  • 2006 (2006)
Running time
3:20 minutesCountryNetherlandsLanguageno dialogue

The Aroma of Tea is a 2006 Dutch animated short film written and directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit. It shows how a small sphere travels in a determined and rhythmical manner through land-scapes, emerging at the end into a larger sphere of white light. Both the graphic brushstroke and the music, with its haunting rhythms, are strikingly simple and direct. The theme of the film, a quest followed by a union, is as old as time and recognizable despite its limitless variations.

External links

  • BFI 50th London Film Festival
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Films directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit
  • Tom Sweep (1992)
  • The Monk and the Fish (1994)
  • Father and Daughter (2000)
  • The Aroma of Tea (2006)
  • The Red Turtle (2016)


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