Silent Friend
Directed by Ildikó Enyedi
2025Feature147 minGermanyPG
A gingko tree in a German botanical garden bears witness to three people across three eras, each quietly transformed by the power of nature.
Synopsis
Set in the botanical garden of a medieval town in Germany. Three epochs, three personalities, three sometimes clumsy but sincere attempts to free themselves and to create links with the plants and the world of the garden. An encounter.
The director
Ildikó Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi is a Hungarian writer-director whose debut My 20th Century won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes in 1989. On Body and Soul won the Golden Bear in 2017 and earned an Oscar nomination. Silent Friend premiered in competition at Venice in 2025.
Press
“After watching this loving, very funny and abundantly fertile film, hugging the nearest tree doesn’t seem like enough — it deserves your warmest embrace.”
“a sensuous immersive experience”
“a strange but affecting historical tale”
“Silent Friend questions why humans do not treat each other—and the plants around us—with the respect they deserve.”
On screens
- Oct 29 – Nov 8WIFF - Windsor International Film Festival · Windsor, ONTickets ↗
- Nov 2Orpheum Theatre - Crowsnest Pass - Film Circuit · Blairmore, ABTickets ↗
- Nov 25CVAG Film Series - Landmark Cinemas Courtenay - Film Circuit · Courtenay, BCTickets ↗
- Dec 7 – Dec 10Cinema Biermans · Shawinigan, QCTickets ↗
- Jan 25Reel Movie Mondays - Red Deer Polytechnic Main Stage - Film Circuit · Red Deer, ABTickets ↗
Already played at 30 cinemas in St. Catharines, Victoria, Ottawa, Toronto, Saskatoon, Montreal, Québec, Edmonton, Vancouver, Waterloo, Kingston, Guelph, Hamilton, Halifax and more.
