The Friend

Date:: from 19 May 2025

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A Great Dane breaks into the life of Naomi Watts’ character in the screen adaptation of the bestselling novel by Sigrid Nunez.

2024, Scott McGehee, David Siegel

United States
119 minutes, English with Russian subtitles

Starring: Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Bing the dog, Cloé Xhauflaire

Huge, immensely adorable Great Dane Apollo is left alone. His late owner has bequeathed him to Iris, one of his former lovers. But such an inheritance threatens to make the not-so-successful writer homeless: the lease on her studio does not allow pets.

Shot form The Friend, 2024

David Siegel and Scott McGehee are among the most humane, literate, and engaging American filmmakers working today.

— Glenn Kenny, rogerebert.com

Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend enthralled readers around the world with its unsentimental take on friendship, love, and creativity. Its film adaptation gains credibility with timeless cinematic values. The time and again surprising plot, the subtle discreet psychology, Naomi Watts and Bill Murray’s brilliant acting, and most importantly, the fascinating performance of Bing the dog.

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