The Silent Friend

🎬 OFFSCREEN CINEMA
Directed by Ildikó Enyedi
Cast: Tony Leung, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth

In the heart of the university botanical garden grows a stately Japanese ginkgo (gingko biloba), which over the centuries becomes a mute witness and participant in the story of three strangers. A determined girl fights for a place in the botany department, seeking refuge in the shade of a tree from the prejudices of the male-dominated world of science. A lonely student who has never paid attention to plants finds a foothold in his silent presence after the turmoil of life. The Hong Kong neurologist (in this role, known for the films of Wong Kar-Wai Tony Leung), under the influence of contact with a tree, begins to question his scientific beliefs, discovering a deep connection between the visible and the elusive.