‘Carissa’ Review: A South African Youth Portrait That Knows the Value of Stillness

Simultaneously still and transporting, set on the rooibos-growing slopes of South Africa’s Cedarberg mountains, “Carissa” is a coming-of-age story steeped in the character of an indigenous tea loved and mispronounced the world over — its mellow late-afternoon earthiness, its burnt floral aroma, its warm tobacco hue. But if there’s a lot of muzzy magic-hour beauty […]