Movie Night in the Book Nook at Tecolote — After Hours

SILENT FRIEND

A tree has time to notice things.

People, less so.

At the center of Ildikó Enyedi's Silent Friend stands an ancient ginkgo tree in the botanical garden of a medieval German university. It has been there for more than a century, quietly witnessing three human stories unfold around it. 

In 1908, the university's first female student enters the world of botany and begins seeing plants differently through photography. In 1972, a shy young student becomes fascinated by both a woman and the geranium she studies. And in 2020, a neuroscientist stranded far from home during the pandemic begins an unlikely experiment with the old ginkgo itself. The stories are separated by decades, but they're all circling the same peculiar question:

What if plants aren't simply the background to our lives?

Written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Luna Wedler, Enzo Brumm and Léa Seydoux, Silent Friend competed at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, where Wedler received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for an emerging actor. 

It's a film about science, curiosity, loneliness, attention and our rather human assumption that we're the most interesting things in the room.

Movie: Silent Friend (2026) 2hr 27min
Date: Tuesday, January 19th, 2027
Doors: 6:30pm
Film: 7:00pm
Location: The Book Nook — Upstairs at Tecolote Bookstore

Only 20 tickets available — $6 USD / 100 MXN

Tuesday nights, our upstairs Book Nook becomes a tiny after-hours cinema for documentaries, art films, cult classics, independent work, music, oddities—and films that reward sitting quietly and paying attention.

Fresh GMO-free Amish popcorn and cold beverages will be available for advance ticket holders. Come early and browse—the bookstore stays open after hours exclusively for Movie Night guests before the film.

Independent bookstore. After hours. 20 seats. One good film every Tuesday night.

Advance tickets are recommended. There are only 20 places in the Book Nook.

This is a digital ticket. Your name will be on the guest list at the door. All Sales Final.

NOTE: Door entry the night of the film without having an advance ticket is not guaranteed and does not include food or beverages as we can only plan enough for those we know are coming. No asking us to "hold seats". Advance tickets are available in-store and online.