Silent Friend

<div><div><i>“Leung doesn’t need to prove anything, but he proves everything anyway … This is less a performance than a presence: a study in silence, longing, and grace. With barely a handful of lines, roaming around the pandemic-emptied university halls, Leung communicates galaxies.” </i>- LEILA LATIF, <i>INDIEWIRE</i></div></div><div><br></div>On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972, amidst counterculture movements, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old ginkgo tree.DramaPT2H27MCTC
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Léa Seydoux
Ildikó Enyedi
Silent Friend"Silent Friend"

Showtimes

Brunswick Picture House