Silent Friend

Director: Ildiko Enyedi
Performing: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Léa Seydoux, Luna Wedler
Content: In a botanical garden in an old university town in Germany stands a mighty ginkgo tree. For over a hundred years, it has been a silent witness to three life stories that unfold over generations. In 2020, a Hong Kong neuroscientist (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) begins an unexpected experiment with the tree while researching the origins of consciousness in infants. In 1972, a young student (Enzo Brumm) is deeply influenced by a silent encounter with a geranium. In 1908, the university's first female student (Luna Wedler) uses photography to discover hidden structures in the plant kingdom - patterns that point to a deeper order. Three tentative approaches, each firmly rooted in its own temporal context. What unites them is a silent force: the persistent, mysterious workings of nature. (Source: filmstarts.de)