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Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune

How China's tea was stolen

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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.

Directed byJérôme Scemla, Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

Status: Released
Runtime: 0h 52m
Language: FR
Released: July 1, 2016

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La Compagnie des Taxis-Brousse

ARTE

PROCIREP

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Les aventures de Robert Fortune ou Comment le thé fut volé aux chinois

Les aventures de Robert Fortune ou Comment le thé fut volé aux chinois

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8 credited

Starring

Willy Perelsztejn

Robert Fortune (voice - english)

Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

Robert Fortune

Xing Xing Chao

Wang

Han Cheng Zhang

Coolie 1er voyage

Yuan Zhou Li

Sing-Ho

Xueheng Liu

Coolie de Fortune #1

Jianxiang Zhong

Coolie de Fortune #2

Mathieu Buscatto

Mathieu Buscatto

Robert Fortune (voice - french)

Creative team

Directed by: Jérôme Scemla
Charles-Antoine de Rouvre
Produced by: Maurice Ribière

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