The Aroma of Tea

The Aroma of Tea is a 2006 Dutch animated short film made by Michaël Dudok de Wit It shows how a small sphere travels in a determined and rhythmical manner through landscapes 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