WHAT RICHARD DID

By Lenny ABRAHAMSON

ELEMENT PICTURES (DUBLIN) - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2012

What Richard Did is a stark portrait of the fall of Richard, golden-boy of his privileged set of Dublin teens, whose world unravels one summer night.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2012
Contemporary World Cinema
    • Year of production
    • 2012
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • IRELAND
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 87 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Lenny ABRAHAMSON
    • Writer(s)
    • Malcolm CAMPBELL
    • Producer(s)
    • Ed GUINEY (ELEMENT PICTURES)
    • Synopsis
    • What Richard Did follows Richard Karlsen, golden-boy athlete and undisputed alpha-male of his privileged set of South Dublin teenagers, through the summer between the end of school and the beginning of university. The world is bright and everything seems possible, until in one furious, reckless moment Richard does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him. Featuring extraordinary performances from its mainly young cast, What Richard Did is a quietly devastating study of a boy confronting the gap between who he thought he was and who he proves to be.