134. HKIFF50: Silent Friend (2025) - Interview with Director Ildikó Enyedi & Tony Leung

The second of seven director interviews Wilson conducted at this year's Hong Kong International Film Festival is with the thoughtful, patient Ildikó Enyedi, director of the equally thoughtful and patient Silent Friend. Wilson connects with the Hungarian director over her pensive approach to the natural world, the special place that HKIFF holds in her experience as a filmmaker, and her admiration of star Tony Leung… whose interview with Wilson is also at the end of this episode! Befriend a tree in our  FREE patreon, discord server, and our socials @ www.deepcutpod.com (http://www.deepcutpod.com)   Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:03 - Enyedi interview 04:16 - Working with Tony Leung 06:15 - Enyedi's relationship with trees 07:32 - Academia and science 09:36 - Intercutting timelines 12:25 - Dreams, psychedelics, ecology 15:02 - Production process 17:08 - Casting a tree 19:41 - Other Enyedi films 21:34 - Further explorations 23:13 - Enyedi's Deep Cut 25:48 - Tony Leung Interview 28:13 - Outro