SILENT FRIEND
STILLE FREUNDIN
19 September, Saturday, 16:30, Rauf Denktaş
2025 | DCP | Colour | 147’ | German, English; Turkish, English sub. | German, France, Hungary
DIRECTOR
Ildikó Enyedi
CAST
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth
19 September, Saturday, 16:30, Rauf Denktaş
2025 | DCP | Colour | 147’ | German, English; Turkish, English sub. | German, France, Hungary
DIRECTOR
Ildikó Enyedi
CAST
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth
Classification: According to Article 7 of Law No. 5224, as amended on January 18, 2019, films that have not undergone evaluation and classification can only be shown at festivals, special screenings, and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.
An ancient ginkgo tree in the botanical garden of the University of Marburg quietly accompanies the lives of three individuals whose paths cross its sanctuary across different eras. The ginkgo stands in the garden in the early 20th century as Grete, the university’s trailblazing first female biology student, seeks to uncover nature’s hidden order through plant photography. In the 1970s, the tree bears silent witness to Hannes, a withdrawn student who forms a bond with a geranium, on which the girl he is in love with is conducting experiments. By 2020, a visiting professor from Hong Kong, stranded on campus by pandemic restrictions, conducts an experiment on the ancient tree while researching the development of infant brains.
Appealing first and foremost to the heart and the senses, this deeply moving, multi-layered narrative reveals how humanity’s fundamental curiosity to explore is intimately shaped by the natural world.
Venedik 2025
FIPRESCI Award, Best Young Actor (Luna Wedler)
An ancient ginkgo tree in the botanical garden of the University of Marburg quietly accompanies the lives of three individuals whose paths cross its sanctuary across different eras. The ginkgo stands in the garden in the early 20th century as Grete, the university’s trailblazing first female biology student, seeks to uncover nature’s hidden order through plant photography. In the 1970s, the tree bears silent witness to Hannes, a withdrawn student who forms a bond with a geranium, on which the girl he is in love with is conducting experiments. By 2020, a visiting professor from Hong Kong, stranded on campus by pandemic restrictions, conducts an experiment on the ancient tree while researching the development of infant brains.
Appealing first and foremost to the heart and the senses, this deeply moving, multi-layered narrative reveals how humanity’s fundamental curiosity to explore is intimately shaped by the natural world.
Venedik 2025
FIPRESCI Award, Best Young Actor (Luna Wedler)