Friend (Russian: Друг, romanized: Drug) is a 1987 Soviet drama film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze.

[1] The film tells the story of the friendship between a binge drinker (Sergey Shakurov) and a talking dog which understands what it means to be a real person better than humans and tries to help the man become whole again.

Kolyun, a binge drinker, walks about the local bird market and begs for money, which he allegedly lacks in order to buy an animal for a sick child.

Kolyun returns to work in dry cleaning, ties the dog at the entrance and sends his drinking companion away for vodka.

On the way home Kolyun buys himself a drink, but the dog drops the bottles from the stairs, and then additionally to this it starts to talk.

We learn that Kolyun was an intelligent man, played the accordion, achieved great successes in this area recognized by foreign experts, was married, has a seven-year-old daughter who lives with her mother who is still young and beautiful, albeit blind.

Going into his apartment, Kolyun opens the windows, sits on the curb and clasps the ball in his hands which he previously gifted to Friend.