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Silent Friend

2026 · 2h 27m

Directed by Ildikó Enyedi

7.2

TMDB audience score
60 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. At three distinct moments across the 20th and 21st centuries, these people — each carrying their own questions and inner struggles — inevitably find themselves drawn into the presence of this tree, full of mystery and meaning.

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Cast

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai
    Tony

  • Luna Wedler
    Grete

  • Enzo Brumm
    Hannes

  • Sylvester Groth
    Anton

  • Martin Wuttke
    Herr Fuchs

  • Johannes Hegemann
    Thomas

  • Rainer Bock
    Prof. Winterhalter

  • Léa Seydoux
    Alice Sauvage

  • Marlene Burow
    Gundula

  • Bernd Birkhahn
    Prof. Wild

  • Yun Huang
    Jule

  • Sky Hofmann
    Peter

  • Bettina Stucky
    Annelore

  • Erwin Giese
    Herr Voss

  • Peter Benedict
    Prof. Kong

  • Camillo Guthmann
    Franz

  • Johannes Scheidweiler
    Udo

  • Lukas Helming
    Karl