Silent Friend

In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. At three distinct moments across the 20th and 21st centuries, these people — each carrying their own questions and inner struggles — inevitably find themselves drawn into the presence of this tree, full of mystery and meaning.

• tree
• 1970s
• sexism
• female protagonist
• counter-culture
• period drama
• woman director
• botanical garden
• botany
• university town
• 1900s
• covid-19
• nonlinear narrative
• 2020s
• multiple timelines