In Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend,’ the Plants Are Watching: ‘We Are Not Alone’ 

In the Venice premiere “Silent Friend,” Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi observes people trying to communicate with plants — in 1908, 1972 and 2020, respectively. Not for the first time, though. In her 1999 drama “Simon the Magician,” a plant served as a witness in a murder investigation.  “When I was a teenager in the 1970s, […]