Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Director Ildikó Enyedi and lead actor Tony Leung discuss their film with TIME film critic Stephanie Zacharek. Silent Friend is currently playing daily at Film at Lincoln Center. Get tickets: filmlinc.org/films/silent-friend

Ildikó Enyedi (director of Oscar-nominated On Body and Soul) returns with a century-spanning triptych about lives that unfold around an ancient ginkgo tree. Featuring Tony Leung as a neuroscientist whose attempt to measure the tree’s signals tests the limits of perception, Venice Best Young Actress winner Luna Wedler, and Léa Seydoux.

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