Silent Friend
15/01/2026
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 Information
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
