In Ildikó Enyedi’s new film, a ginkgo tree – capable of living for a thousand years – emerges as an ancient being, a witness to history, a friend. Three loosely connected episodes – about the first female botanist at Marburg University in 1907, a student researching geraniums in 1972, and a neurosurgeon in 2020 who discovers a mysterious bond between people and plants – all pay tribute to the world of flora. With its calm, meditative rhythm, the film invites us to observe its characters, seekers of connection and meaning, as if from the perspective of the great, silently enduring tree itself.
