The Aroma of Tea is a 2006 Dutch animated short film written and directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit.

It shows how a small sphere travels in a determined and rhythmical manner through land-scapes, 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.

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