Silent Friend

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Wong

Léa Seydoux

Alice

Luna Wedler

Grete

Enzo Brumm

Hannes

Sylvester Groth

Anton

Yun Huang

Jule

Luca Valentini

Francesco

Marlene Burow

Gundula

Felix Burose

Max

Rainer Bock

Johannes Hegemann

Sky Hofmann

Peter

Martin Wuttke

Christian Braun

Student 1908 (uncredited)

Koppány Gerner

Friend at the Pond (uncredited)

György Méhész

Friend at the pond (uncredited)

Kristóf Vajda

Friend at the Pond (uncredited)

Johannes Scheidweiler

Udo