The Friend(2025)

Name: The Friend
Director: Scott McGehee
Genre: Drama
Released: Mar 28, 2025
Cast: Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Cloé Xhauflaire

Release Date: Mar 28, 2025

Follows a story of love, friendship, grief and healing, about a writer who adopts a Great Dane that belonged to a late friend and mentor.

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Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Novelist and creative writing teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) commits suicide and bequeaths his beloved Great Dane to her. The regal yet intractable beast, named Apollo, immediately creates problems for Iris, from furniture destruction to eviction notices, as well as more existential ones, his looming presence constantly reminding her of her friend's choice to take his own life. Yet as Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding to the animal, she begins to come to terms with her past, her lost friend, and her own creative inner life. — tegabrian