Silent Friend
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… From TMDB
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60 of 96 · most liked firstThere's a movie out today called SILENT FRIEND that's 2.5 hours long and is primarily about Tony Leung befriending a tree. It's extraordinary. www.vulture.com/article/in-m...
positive · AI labelView post →The filmmaker behind the newly released movie Silent Friend shares the scientific and historical inspiration for its story of botanical consciousness
neutral · AI labelView post →Walk, do not run, to see Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Léa Seydoux in Silent Friend. It's perfect. THEY are perfect. I have never seen another movie like this one.
positive · AI labelView post →Tree lovers, am I the last one to know about this film? Just. Wow. SILENT FRIEND A Film by Ildikó Enyedi Streaming Now
positive · AI labelView post →It looks like SILENT FRIEND 📽️ is out in this US in a few days? Not since Past Lives has a movie worked its way into my everyday thoughts and stayed there. I recommend it extremely movieswetextedabout.com/silent-frien...
positive · AI labelView post →What a complete pleasure/honor it was to talk to Tony Leung about his new movie SILENT FRIEND and his acting process. 🌳
neutral · AI labelView post →SILENT FRIEND (2025) Streaming: June 30, 2026 VOD/Digital (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #SilentFriend whentostream.com/silent-frien...
neutral · AI labelView post →Pretty sure I've messed up my back and neck forever from the seats I got for Silent Friend at Sydney Film Fest
neutral · AI labelView post →Wrapped up the day with Silent Friend at ACMI, Melbourne, an extraordinary and contemplative film by Hungarian film director Ildeko Enyedi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaRZ...
positive · AI labelView post →SILENT FRIEND reminds me of an old school anthology film, where all three stories are set in the same place. But here they're interwoven, so you feel an emotional and experiential connection between people who never meet. It's a unique and magical movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaRZ... #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →Our SILENT FRIEND interview/review on Filmspotting: youtu.be/snq8PScguDc?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Silent Friend is a really beautiful movie with an interesting weave of three timelines and the one Gingko tree that stands tall throughout. highly recommended. It's playing a few times at the Fox soon.
positive · AI labelView post →Magnificent. After seeing the recent, and admirable film ‘Silent Friend’, I went looking for the couple of trees in Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney; glorious in winter but not a display like that. And no nuts, trip to the Asian market for those www.palacecinemas.com.au/movies/silen...
positive · AI labelView post →Saw Silent Friend today, lovely meditative film, great plant nerd film, though my friends were forcefully reminded I’m the biggest wowser on the planet when I asked over the end credits “can you really just pick and chomp a peyote plant and get high, I thought you had to... prepare a stew”
neutral · AI labelView post →Safe to say, Ildikó Enyedi’s tenderly enveloping film, Silent Friend, grew on me bit.ly/447xXVZ
positive · AI labelView post →Silent Friend does it for a lot of people, but I found its central metaphor clunky. (A film about connection with nature that does not have much to say about interconnection with the land is womp-womp.) I was so ready to be taken by a slow, atmospheric art film with Tony Leung too
negative · AI labelView post →At the Chicago Film Festival, I saw a movie about a ginkgo tree — “Silent Friend.” Pretty interesting.
neutral · AI labelView post →SILENT FRIEND is a mesmerising film. Three stories set around a ginkgo tree at the heart of a German university about socially isolated people looking for meaningful connections. The way the film suggests a harmony between science and nature, intellectualism and humanity, is deeply rewarding.
positive · AI labelView post →SILENT FRIEND is out in U.S. theaters this weekend. A beautifully odd but moving endorsement of stillness in an increasingly busy world. Stunning stuff. My review: filmhounds.co.uk/2025/10/31/s...
positive · AI labelView post →Was für wundervolle 150 Minuten - „silent friend“. Pure Kino-Poesie! Und dazu ein Wiedersehen mit Tony Leung („In the Mood for Love“). Schöner ist ein vernebelter Sonntagnachmittag im Januar kaum zu füllen. #kino #cineville #silentfriend #film
positive · AI labelView post →Tony Leung Reflects on ‘Silent Friend,’ Wong Kar-wai and Why His Films Must Be Seen in Cinemas at Shanghai Masterclass Tony Leung Chiu-wai told a full house at the Shanghai International Film Festival that his restrained performance style demands the full cinematic experience to be fe… #media #news
neutral · AI labelView post →Silent Friend movie review: 3 intertwining stories , each with its own visual style. You'll look at trees in a new way and leave with feelings you can’t name. People gathered on the street discussing it. #silentfriend #sydneyfilmfestival #film #moviereview youtube.com/shorts/avYIo...
positive · AI labelView post →I reviewed SILENT FRIEND (playing at @belcourttheatre.bsky.social) for @nashvillescene.com. www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tony Leung reflects on his craft and why Marvel reminded him of cinema's magic in new film Silent Friend. https://lifebriefly.news/tony-leung-still-believes-in-the-magic-of-cinema-and-hell-convince-you-too #TonyLeung #Cinema #SilentFriend
neutral · AI labelView post →At WBUR this week I reviewed SILENT FRIEND, a buddy movie starring Tony Leung and a tree. Opens tomorrow at the Coolidge.
positive · AI labelView post →Can plants have consciousness? The film Silent Friend reimagines the science ->Scientific American | More on "Plant consciousness science and film" at BigEarthData.ai | #Science
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie listings! Plus new reviews of Blue Heron, Silent Friend, Hokum, and The Christophers.
neutral · AI labelView post →As promised, my second review-in-a-row for a movie about trees. Just like THE MAN WHOM THE TREES LOVED, SILENT FRIEND excels at the technical but fails their characters and narrative. @moviejawn.com
negative · AI labelView post →Jess you should see Silent Friend, because he does stuff in that movie we've not seen from him before
positive · AI labelView post →With just a few days left of #MSPIFF #MSPIFF45, I'm pretty certain that the film of the festival, and also of the year so far, is SILENT FRIEND. What a masterpiece. My review is exclusive to my #Patreon until the film opens next month. www.deepfocusreview.com/reviews/sile...
positive · AI labelView post →Think I'm going for 11 movies at this year's Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival: CLASH OF THE WOLVES, SILENT FRIEND, THE LOVE THAT REMAINS, THE FALLING SKY, NUISANCE BEAR, MARE'S NEST, SEEDS, OUR LAND, NORTHERN LIGHTS, FAUST, and THE BLUE TRAIL.
unlabelledView post →Final day of #TIFF50 and my last movie (#22) of the festival — Silent Friend. #NowWatching
unlabelledView post →A new Tony Leung movie!? SILENT FRIEND by ILDIKÓ ENYEDI with Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth, Martin Wuttke, Johannes Hegemann, Rainer Bock, Léa Seydoux / Germany, France, Hungary/ 145’
unlabelledView post →Not in Victoria, won’t vote but: GINGKO!! This recent film, ‘Silent Friend’ left a lasting impression on me www.sff.org.au/program/even...
unlabelledView post →Csendes barát (Silent Friend) Directed by Ildikó Enyedi Ildikó Enyedi #Venezia82 Competition #BiennaleCinema2025 Winner of multiple awards is Hungary's entry to #Oscars2027 International Feature Film category - info, trailer, and poster storytellertrailers.blogspot.com/2025/09/csen...
unlabelledView post →ミモザフィルムズ配給で12月に公開予定のイルディコー・エニェディ監督 'Silent Friend' が第99回ハンガリー代表に選ばれたみたい。 variety.com/2026/film/aw...
unlabelledView post →SILENT FRIEND, a film by Ildikó Enyedi, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, and Léa Seydoux. The official Hungarian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards®.
unlabelledView post →#SilentFriend is the most beautiful, warm-hearted and intellectually satisfying film I have seen for a long time. If only our screens could be filled with such aesthetically pleasing and sublime imagery rather than the usual fare of crime & death. Highest recommendation. youtu.be/TaRZnpAmtJk?...
unlabelledView post →It is, if her ‘Silent Friend’ turns up in your environs it is a film to see too, also ‘My 20th Century’ Possibly my favourite of all directors
unlabelledView post →The adults are more considerate? I saw the very contemplative ‘Silent Friend’ recently, not a teen interest film, and it was phones out into the opening sequence. As much of a mouse as I am I can rally a commanding shout ‘Phones off!’ Surprisingly it worked
unlabelledView post →I saw a clip for the film SILENT FRIEND, where a woman was attempting to talk to plants. I'm not sure I could even be a vegetarian if my salad spoke to me as I tried to slice the lettuce.
unlabelledView post →This year’s SILENT FRIEND. Had seen two films by the director, didn’t like them, and this is a slow 2.5-hour film about a tree. And it’s AMAZING.
unlabelledView post →I just finished watching the German film, Silent Friend, and there's a story in there that lives in this realm. It's a lovely, quiet film.
unlabelledView post →In my seat for Silent Friend and I have the theater to myself!
unlabelledView post →Top 10 Movies of 2026 (so far): 1. Silent Friend 2. Kontinental '25 3. Nuesrta Tierra 4. The Stranger 5. Blue Heron 6. Yes 7. Miroirs No. 3 8. Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie 9. Marc by Sofia 10. I Love Boosters
unlabelledView post →Tuesday June 9! 3:30pm -Little Lorraine- “a thrilling crime drama” (That Shelf) 6:15pm -Silent Friend- 4/4 Stars! “hypnotic, mesmeric filmmaking” @ebertvoices.bsky.social 9:30pm -Class Of 1984- “A classic...a much recommended watch” (Horror News) “a fantastic film” (The B-Movie Vault)
unlabelledView post →Next up: I'm so excited to see the new Ildikó Enyedi film SILENT FRIEND #sydfilmfest
unlabelledView post →Silent Friend – Screening the week of June 5! 10/10! “The performances are breath-taking…Silent Friend is a testament to film-making’s art, transcending language and cultural boundaries. A film that touches hearts and minds.” (Morning Star UK) mayfairtheatre.ca/movie/silent...
unlabelledView post →LOVED the new film SILENT FRIEND. Full of science and nature and interesting ideas. Star of the film is a gigantic, nearly 200 y.o. ginkgo balboa tree on the campus of an unnamed German university. Prolly the kind of movie that will send most Americans fleeing from the theater dying of boredom. 👍
unlabelledView post →A few for your movie shopping list this week: 🛍️Boots Riley's new one, I Love Boosters, hits the multiplexes (and also Row House Hollywood) 🛎️The directors: Desplechin, Enyedi, Refn, Deal/Lessin. The titles: Two Pianos, Silent Friend, Pusher, Steal This Story, Please! The theater: Harris 1/3
unlabelledView post →I’m excited to see the new Ildiko Enyedi movie Silent Friend but the only one I’ve seen previously was that incredibly awful Lea seydoux sex movie I watched on a plane to Italy
unlabelledView post →This week in movies! On SILENT FRIEND 🌳 "the characters are well-defined" - Alice Shih "forced and pretentious" - Gilbert Seah "a work of poetics and great intentions" - Marc Glassman torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
unlabelledView post →Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi’s latest film “Silent Friend” (2025) was shown in South Korean theaters in last month. It's one of the best films of this year. Here is my review. kaist455.com/2026/04/19/s...
unlabelledView post →I had the chance to watch Ildikó Enyedi's "Silent Friend". It is a beautiful movie, beautifully shot.
unlabelledView post →SILENT FRIEND feels more like a showcase in technical film mastery (16mm, 35mm, digital) plus some plant woo philosophy instead of an actual movie.
unlabelledView post →How blessed was I to see legendary actor Tony Leung speak three nights in a row about his career and his latest movie Ildeko Enyedi’s Silent Friend in which he plays a neuroscientist with a spiritual connection to a gingko tree. At Film at Lincoln Center/Angelika.
unlabelledView post →To celebrate the Aus Prem of SILENT FRIEND at the Brisbane International Film Festival, I talk with 'Golden Bear'- winning director Ildikó Enyedi about reckoning with COVID, working with Tony Leung, and so much more @ohmpods.bsky.social www.oneheatminute.com/one-hot-fest...
unlabelledView post →absolutely insane to program a slow moving botanical meditation for 8:15pm on a monday night but man I was locked in for SILENT FRIEND. a film that should not have kept my attention at 8:15pm on a monday night, but i couldn’t look away a huge movie for tree lovers/the lorax
unlabelledView post →In Summation the Nominees for Best Feature Film Are: BLUE HERON THE DRAMA THE INVITE THE LOVE THAT REMAINS MAGELLAN MY FATHER'S SHADOW NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE SILENT FRIEND 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE A USEFUL GHOST
unlabelledView post →At a time where world cinema is broadly available, we honour films from across the globe that are universal in their storytelling. The nominees for Best International Film are: THE FURIOUS MAGELLAN MY FATHER'S SHADOW SILENT FRIEND A USEFUL GHOST
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