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SILENT FRIEND

| 2026 – 147′ –  A Germany/France/Hungary Co-Production. Drama, Nature & Environment, Women Directors, Co-Produced by France.
Written by: Ildiko Enyedi.
Directed by: Ildiko Enyedi.
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Léa Seydoux, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Martin Wuttke, Johannes Hegemann, Rainer Bock, Sylvester Groth.
Official Selections: Venice International Film Festival 2025 (Winner of 5 awards), Toronto International Film Festival 2025.
In German and Cantonese with English subtitles. In English.
A Mubi release. |

On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972, amidst counterculture movements, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.