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Year (Jahr): 2026
Release Date (Veröffentlichungsdatum): 2026-01-15
Duration (Spieldauer): 147 min

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Rotten Tomatoes: 100% | TMDB: 8.1
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Director (Regie): Ildikó Enyedi
Actors (Schauspieler): Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm
Writers (Drehbuch): Ildikó Enyedi
Title (Originaltitel): Silent Friend
Country (Land): France, Germany, Hungary, China, Belgium
Original language (Original-Sprache): German

There’s a lonely old tree sitting in the middle of a botanical garden, and it might be the most patient character in the whole movie. While people bustle around with their human problems, the film keeps zooming in on something simpler. Growth. Waiting. Change. “Silent Friend” tells you, without any big speeches, that the distance between plants and people is not really the point. It’s about longing, about trying to belong, and about the quiet ways connection happens. Not exactly a blockbuster plot. More like an observation that slowly turns into a feeling. Ildikó Enyedi wrote and directed this one, and it comes with that calm, slightly wistful intelligence that makes you pay attention. Luna Wedler’s performance earned her an award in Venice for best young discovery.
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Ein alter Baum im Botanischen Garten, der einfach nicht mehr mitspielt. Während um ihn herum Menschen geschniegelt und zugenäht reden, beobachtet er lieber, was wächst, was verdorrt und was sich trotzdem irgendwie zueinander findet. „Silent Friend“ macht daraus keine große Mystik-Show, sondern etwas viel Langsameres: Geduldige Nähe. Die Einsamkeit des Baums wird zum Spiegel. Plötzlich geht es nicht mehr nur um Pflanzen und Menschen als zwei getrennte Welten, sondern um das gleiche Grundbedürfnis nach Verbindung. Und ja, das klingt sehr nach Poesie mit leichter Sehnsuchts-Überdosis. Aber es funktioniert, weil es nicht nach Effekt schreit. Luna Wedler macht dabei einen Eindruck, der in Venedig sogar ausgezeichnet wurde.

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00:12What if they observe us the same way we observe them?
00:22What do you do?
00:25This is my garden.
00:30Do you know, the professors are more upset that the university has the possibility of a competition.
00:37Yes, that was quite obvious.
00:41What would you do, if you wanted to connect with a being but have no common language?
00:46What I want to test is not so complex.
00:51What kind of experiment do you plan?
00:56I will find out what plants take.
01:00Cool.
01:03You know, when I see a botanical garden, I see a bunch of lonely souls.
01:09You don't find me attractive.
01:27Have you ever disturbed us?
01:29You are here.
01:32You are right between us.
01:35We observe us and think all the possible things about us.
01:38That's right.
01:39Bye.
01:42Bye.
01:48Bye.
01:49Bye.
01:51Bye.
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