Tony Leung on 'Silent Friend': His First European Film and Role as a Neuroscientist During COVID
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Ryan Lattanzio
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Summary
Tony Leung stars in his first European production, Ildikó Enyedi's mystical film 'Silent Friend,' playing a neuroscientist studying electromagnetic impulses during the early COVID-19 pandemic. The IndieWire piece explores Leung's transition from his iconic Wong Kar-Wai roles to this nature-connected performance in Germany, and features insights from both the actor and director about the film's unique premise and production.
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· 3 pulledHong Kong icon Tony Leung has channeled brooding urban energy for the masterpieces of Wong Kar-Wai, balancing the debonair ennui of Marcello Mastroianni with the quiet watchfulness of Montgomery Clift.
In one of the few films he's made outside Asia and in his first European production, Leung traveled to Germany to film Ildikó Enyedi's mystical, mind-bending 'Silent Friend,' in a performance that brought him closer to the natural world.
He plays a neuroscientist, Dr. Tony Wong, who in the early days of the COVID pandemic in 2020 is studying the electromagnetic impulses of, of all things, a
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