Silent Friend

HD 3.8 146 min.

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.

Genre: Drama

Release: Jan. 15, 2026

Director: Enyedi Ildikó

Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Léa Seydoux, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth, Yun Huang, Luca Valentini, Marlene Burow, Felix Burose, Rainer Bock, Johannes Hegemann, Sky Hofmann, Martin Wuttke, Christian Braun, Koppány Gerner, György Méhész, Kristóf Vajda