Film

Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune

How China's tea was stolen

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0h 52m

2016

“How China's tea was stolen”

Synopsis

In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and the British Empire exchanged poppies, produced in its Indian colonies and transformed into opium, for Chinese tea. Inundated by the drugs, China was forced to open up its market, and the British consolidated their commercial dominance. In 1839, the Middle Empire introduced prohibition. The Opium War was declared… Great Britain emerged as the winner, but the warning was heeded: it could no longer depend on Chinese tea. The only alternative possible was to produce its own tea. The East India Company therefore entrusted one man with finding the secrets of the precious beverage. His mission was to develop the first plantations in Britain’s Indian colonies. This latter-day James Bond was called Robert Fortune – a botanist. After overcoming innumerable ordeals in the heart of imperial China, he brought back the plants and techniques that gave rise to Darjeeling tea.

Director

Jérôme Scemla

Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

Trailer

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

chinaenglandteatravel19th centurybotanycommercial warindustrial spyingdarjeeling

Cast & Crew

Willy Perelsztejn

as Robert Fortune (voice - english)

Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

as Robert Fortune

Xing Xing Chao

as Wang

Han Cheng Zhang

as Coolie 1er voyage

Yuan Zhou Li

as Sing-Ho

Xueheng Liu

as Coolie de Fortune #1

Jianxiang Zhong

as Coolie de Fortune #2

Mathieu Buscatto

as Robert Fortune (voice - french)

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