Tea and Time

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Tea and Time, is a 2022 Swiss movie, directed by Salah El Amri. with a runtime of 19 minutes.

Overview

Tea and Time is a short documentary by director Salah El Amri that offers a quietly unsettling glimpse into incarcerated life. Between the walls of a prison, a man fills his days cleaning the floor, drinking tea, and recounting his story — drifting between memories of his homeland and the sea where he grew up. Through El Amri's striking use of chiaroscuro lighting and precise temporal framing, the film transforms a prisoner's words into a profound meditation on freedom, memory, and the deprivation of liberty.

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