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Silent Friend
Released January 15, 2026
About Silent Friend
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.
Movie Details
| Director | Ildikó Enyedi |
| Cast | Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Tony Wong, Léa Seydoux as Alice, Luna Wedler as Grete, Enzo Brumm as Hannes, Sylvester Groth as Anton, Yun Huang as Jule, Luca Valentini as Francesco, Marlene Burow as Gundula, Felix Burose as Max, Rainer Bock as , Johannes Hegemann as , Sky Hofmann as Peter, Martin Wuttke as , Christian Braun as Student 1908 (uncredited), Koppány Gerner as Friend at the Pond (uncredited), György Méhész as Friend at the pond (uncredited), Kristóf Vajda as Friend at the Pond (uncredited), Johannes Scheidweiler as Udo |
| Genre | Drama |
| Runtime | 147 min |
| Studio | Pandora Film, Galatée Films, Inforg-M&M Film, Rediance, ZDF/Arte |
| Country | France, Germany, Hungary, China, Belgium |
| Languages | Cantonese, German, English |
| IMDb | View on IMDb |
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