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.
Ildikó Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi began her career as a conceptual and media artist before turning to filmmaking. She has
received more than forty awards for her work. Her film My 20th Century (1989) is regarded as one of the
greatest in Hungarian cinema history. Enyedi teaches film at the Budapest Academy of Film and Theatre.
She is the founder of the EUCROMA Academy and a member of the European Film Academy.
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.
Ildikó Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi began her career as a conceptual and media artist before turning to filmmaking. She has
received more than forty awards for her work. Her film My 20th Century (1989) is regarded as one of the
greatest in Hungarian cinema history. Enyedi teaches film at the Budapest Academy of Film and Theatre.
She is the founder of the EUCROMA Academy and a member of the European Film Academy.
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.
Ildikó Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi began her career as a conceptual and media artist before turning to filmmaking. She has
received more than forty awards for her work. Her film My 20th Century (1989) is regarded as one of the
greatest in Hungarian cinema history. Enyedi teaches film at the Budapest Academy of Film and Theatre.
She is the founder of the EUCROMA Academy and a member of the European Film Academy.