The Friend

Used to a life of satisfying solitude, author Iris (Watts, in terrific form) finds her routine disrupted after her close confidant and mentor (Bill Murray) ends his life, and leaves her his precious Great Dane. The hefty pooch, Apollo, is comically oversized for Iris’s small Manhattan flat, and the building’s strict no-pets policy only makes matters worse. Iris develops a gradual affinity with the dog, who acts as both a welcome stand-in for her lost pal, as well as an aching reminder of his passing. From long-time collaborators Scott McGehee and David Siegel (What Maisie Knew, SFF 2013; Suture, SFF 1994), this Telluride- and TIFF-selected film is a warm and winning ode to friends, four-legged or otherwise.

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