Horizons / Stille Freundin / Germany, Hungary, France 2025
Renowned Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi’s latest film has a surprising protagonist: a majestic ginkgo tree on a university campus in Germany that, its roots firmly planted in the ground, quietly observes its surroundings for more than a century. In 1908, it witnesses the arrival of the school’s first female student and the discoveries she makes, in 1972 it follows a student who develops an unexpected relationship with a geranium, and in 2020 a neuroscientist from Hong Kong begins a surprising experiment in the garden. The three eras and three stories are differentiated by the use of different styles, but taken together they are a masterfully directed and quietly political celebration of human curiosity that, with a smile on its face, reveals the insignificance of humanity in the face of nature’s magnificent mysteries.
Vojtěch Kočárník
148 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
Director Ildikó Enyedi
/ Screenplay Ildikó Enyedi
/ Dir. of Photography Gergely Pálos HCA
/ Music Gábor Keresztes, Kristóf Kelemen
/ Sound Michael Schlömer
/ Editor Károly Szalai HSE
/ Art Director Imola Láng, Peri de Braganca
/ Producer Reinhard Brundig, Mónika Mécs, Nicolas Elghozi, Meng Xie, Morgane Olivier
/ Production Pandora Film, Galatée Films, Inforg - M&M Film
/ Coproduction Rediance, ZDF/ARTE, ARTE France Cinéma, Allons Voir
/ Cast Ton Leung Chiu-Wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm, Sylvester Groth, Martin Wuttke, Johannes Hegemann, Rainer Bock, Léa Seydoux
/ Sales Films Boutique
/ Distributor Pilot Film
Ildikó Enyedi. Selected filmography: My Twentieth Century (Az én XX. századom, 1989), Simon, the Magician (Simon mágus, 1999), On Body and Soul (Teströl és lélekröl, 2017), The Story of My Wife (A feleségem története, 2021), Silent Friend (Stille Freundin, 2025).
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