Silent Friend
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In Germany, a majestic ginkgo tree bears witness to three generations of people as they explore the hidden secrets of botanical life, and are quietly transformed by the mysterious power of nature.
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Silent Friend transforms audiences' perception of the natural world, with viewers describing it as an intoxicating exploration of plant consciousness that renders some speechless while frustrating others with its junk science approach. This visually stunning arthouse film about a '900-year-old virgin tree' divides critics between those moved by its emotional maturity and those put off by its free-association philosophy.
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- Sep 4, 2025
In the wood for love.
Jack SalvadoriMay 3, 2026me before seeing this movie: that is a big tree. me after seeing this movie: that is a giant, hormonal, unbearably horned up 900-year-old virgin that understands loneliness on a level that most humans could never even begin to imagine. (this is an intoxicating and…
davidehrlichSep 9, 2025wow???????? I hope the guy next to me checking the stock market every 5 minutes dies poor and alone
Thom Clément - Sep 4, 2025
Wanna see my geranium?
PA27Nov 29, 2025Singapore International Film Festival 2025 Film #8 As someone who loves cinema I usually leave movies with countless thoughts (+ and -) banging around in my head. On occasion, a film will be so powerful that it renders me speechless. Silent Friend has had that type of…
Jomari BashinSep 4, 2025Babies are always high
Cherryfuzz - Sep 6, 2025
this movie is a love letter to the botanic world it has a beautiful and strong message, that is portrayed in a very sophisticated yet effective way, it makes us reflect about how many things plants have seen, felt, experienced, and went through because in the end every…
jules𝜗𝜚˚⋆Sep 9, 2025Struggled with this one because it has the bones of a film I’d love but I’m just not the notion that plants have feelings. Call me cynical but it had the sour taste of junk science and free-association nonsense (neurons look like tree branches so we’re all connected…
Brother BroDec 31, 2025All the trees in my neighborhood told me this was the most erotic picture of the year. They may be right.
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- Tillmann Schmidt lovedSilent Friend
An oscillator of language, emotion… …and feet
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Metacritic
Sep 13, 2025
Immersing yourself in the daze of Silent Friend is like accepting a joyous gift, even if you don’t ultimately believe that plants can or want to communicate with us. With her exquisite new work, Ildikó Enyedi has achieved the improbable goal of making non-human, humanistic cinema that is inclusive and reverent without falling into idolization (of plants) or condemnation (of humans).
Savina Petkova
The Film Stage
Sep 13, 2025
Enyedi is a master stylist who knows how to create a certain mood, mixing visual poetry with deadpan humor, and big ideas with quotidian foibles, in a film that explores our mysterious relationship with both the green world and one another.
Jordan Mintzer
The Hollywood Reporter
Sep 13, 2025
In the end, Silent Friend is a film of contradictions, profound, complex, and beautiful, but occasionally interminably boring.
Leila Latif
IndieWire
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How long is Silent Friend (2026)?
The movie is 2hr 27min long.
What's Silent Friend (2026) about?
In Germany, a majestic ginkgo tree bears witness to three generations of people as they explore the hidden secrets of botanical life, and are quietly transformed by the mysterious power of nature.
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