Hollywood retellings of personal tragedy rarely get it right, favoring melodrama and better box office returns over a commitment to the honest, wince-inducing truth. Our Friend, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s new film, based on an award-winning Esquire article by Matthew Teague, tells the truth—and it will leave you in tears, not just over the overwhelming sadness and powerlessness of illness and loss, but the resilience of friendship and the spirit to live in the face of it all.