Film + short lecture & audience discussion. as part of the series "Psychoanalysis & Art" with Rupert Martin (Cologne)

Feature film, D/F/Hungary 2025 - Director, Screenplay: Ildikó Enyedi, With: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth, Martin Wuttke, Johannes Hegemann, Rainer Bock, Léa Seydoux. 147 minutes!

"Silent Friend" is an extraordinary and critically acclaimed film.
A majestic ginkgo tree stands in the heart of the botanical gardens of the medieval university town of Marburg. For over a hundred years, it has been a silent witness - an observer of quiet, profound changes in the lives of three people.
In 2020, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong (Tony Leung), who is researching the cognitive development of babies, dares to conduct an unusual experiment with the ancient tree.
In 1972, a young student (Enzo Brumm) experiences an inner transformation - triggered by the concentrated observation of a simple geranium.
In 1908, the university's first female student (Luna Wedler) follows her passion for photography - and discovers the hidden patterns of the universe through the lens of her camera.

At the centre of the film is the ginkgo tree, which was planted in 1832. But anyone expecting esoteric reflections on the spiritual life of trees is mistaken - "Silent Friend" is not boring in any of its 147 minutes. It captivates the viewer with its psychological aesthetics and poetic narrative style; it is a film like a dream or a successful psychoanalytical lesson.
Spanning three different time periods over the course of a century, the film deals with everything that makes up human life: relationships, communication, sexuality, curiosity, research, development and much more. Silent Friend's unique approach provides a counterpoint to current world events, which seem to have gone off the rails.
out of joint.

Organiser: IPPMV together with the M-V regional association of the DGPT

Admission 6 Euro
Film poster (c) Pandora Verleih