Tea Time - True/False Film Fest

Tea Time

For six decades, a group of ladies have gathered once a month for decadent cakes and high tea, offering us insight into friendship, age, and class politics in Chile. North American Premiere co-sponsored with Miami International Film Festival
Director: Maite Alberdi
Runtime: 1:10
In-person: star Alicia P̩rez
Fest Year: 2015
This charming account of a group of Chilean women who have met for a tea party on an appointed day every month for 60 years is a film of rich visual textures and worldly reminiscence from friends who have seen their share of life. It’s also a haunting yet tender examination of mortality and loss. The tea parties become smaller and smaller every year as members of the group die or become too frail to attend. While the women are sitting around the table, though, they are wonderfully alive. The filmmakers capture the twinkle in their eyes as they talk about old lovers, old friends, old adventures, and the state of the world today. This is a gentle, beautiful film that finds transcendence in small pleasures. North American premiere co-presented with the Miami Int’l Film Festival(CB)