RATED M, 2H 27M, HISTORY/DRAMA

Famed Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi teams up with a legend of Hong Kong cinema, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Léa Seydoux and an ancient ginkgo biloba tree in the critically acclaimed film Silent Friend.

In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. Throughout a century of change, this silent witness has observed the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives.

2020: a neuroscientist from Hong Kong explores the mind of babies and begins an unexpected, mind-altering experiment with the ancient tree.

1972: a young student is profoundly changed by the simple act of observing and connecting with a geranium.

1908: through the lens of photography, the university’s first female student discovers sacred patterns of the universe hidden within the humblest of plants.

As we follow the three protagonists’ attempts to connect, each one of them deeply rooted in their own present - they are transformed by the quiet, enduring, and mysterious power of nature.