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Year (Jahr): 2025
Release Date (Veröffentlichungsdatum): 2025-03-28
Duration (Spieldauer): 124 min

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IMDB: 6.4 | Rotten Tomatoes: 84% | Metascore: 70% | TMDB: 6.7
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Director (Regie): Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Actors (Schauspieler): Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Cloé Xhauflaire
Writers (Drehbuch): Scott McGehee, David Siegel, Sigrid Nunez
Title (Originaltitel): The Friend
Country (Land): United States of America
Original language (Original-Sprache): English

„Loyal Friend“ is the kind of movie where the emotional switch doesn’t flip with a violin solo. Iris, a writer and teacher, is trying to get through losing her friend and mentor Walter. The twist is almost painfully practical: she learns Walter left her his beloved dog, a Great Dane named Apollo. Suddenly grief has to share the room with routine. Feeding schedules. Doorways. That awkward moment when you realize you’ve started relying on a creature that doesn’t care about your plot problems. As Iris bonds with Apollo, the film nudges her back toward her own inner life, including her writing. It’s not dramatic chaos. It’s quieter than that. More “let’s keep going” than “look at my tears.”
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Ein Hund hinterlässt selten nur Fell. In „Loyal Friend“ versucht Iris, eine Schriftstellerin und Lehrerin, den Verlust ihres Freundes und Mentors Walter zu verarbeiten. Dann kommt der unerwartete Schlag: Walter hat ihr seinen geliebten Hund vermacht. Eine Deutsche Dogge namens Apollo. Ab da ist das Trauern nicht mehr nur ein leises Kopfkino, sondern etwas, das morgens pünktlich knappe Minuten frisst. Iris muss sich kümmern, Grenzen setzen, sich an Gewohnheiten klammern, die es vorher nie gab. Und während Apollo ihr im Alltag Gesellschaft leistet, fängt sie an, an ihrem eigenen Leben und Schreiben wieder Luft zu holen. Keine große Sentimental-Show. Eher eine ruhige, warmherzige Erinnerung daran, dass Liebe manchmal in Pfotenabdrücken ankommt.

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00:11Iris, I need to talk with you.
00:14It's about the dog.
00:15I wanted to ask if you could take him.
00:18No, I can't.
00:20No.
00:21This is what Walter wanted after he died.
00:25Why would he say that?
00:27You were his best friend.
00:32He's there at the top of the hill, between the two bridges, silhouetted against the limpet
00:37sky.
00:38You're making this up.
00:39You could have a point.
00:40But the fact is the dog magically appeared.
00:44He can't stay.
00:46Management company, they are very strict.
00:47Not a problem.
00:48I'm working on it.
00:49Just a few days.
00:53Bad dog.
00:54That's just great.
00:58How's the book going?
01:00There's considerable interest and we've got to capitalize on it now.
01:03I just can't keep having him here.
01:05He's taken over my bed.
01:07And it's getting in the way of my work.
01:09I don't think it's about the dog.
01:11He's in mourning.
01:12He lost his master.
01:13How would you feel?
01:16If Walter were here, what would you like to say to him?
01:20I want to tell him that no matter how much I sleep, I'm exhausted.
01:25That I feel as though I'm losing control.
01:28Remove the dog!
01:29I'll sit here too.
01:36You're not thinking of keeping him now.
01:38Of course not.
01:39Are you okay, bud?
01:43I could feel him missing Walter in the same way I did.
01:46The dog provides essential emotional support.
01:49I guess I saw it the other way around.
01:52Like, I'm the emotional support human and it's the dog that can't cope.
01:58What?
02:05I keep thinking of you.
02:07How among all the other questions certain to have come to you was...
02:11What's going to happen to the dog?
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