WHAT RICHARD DID
synopsis
A contemporary Dublin-set tale that follows a group of privileged teenagers the summer after they leave school with the focus being on sports star Richard whose life is irrevocably changed after an act of violence. The film is loosely based on award-winning Irish author Kevin Power’s 2008 novel "Bad Day at Blackrock".
| original title: | What Richard Did |
| country: | Ireland |
| sales agent: | Protagonist Pictures |
| year: | 2012 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Lenny Abrahamson |
| film run: | 88' |
| release date: | IE 05/10/2012, UK 11/01/2013, FR 17/04/2013 |
| screenplay: | Malcolm Campbell |
| cast: | Jack Reynor, Roisin Murphy, Sam Keeley, Gavin Drea, Fionn Walton, Lars Mikkelsen, Lorraine Pilkington, Padraic Delaney |
| cinematography by: | David Grennan |
| film editing: | Nathan Nugent |
| art director: | Stephanie Clerkin |
| costumes designer: | Leonie Pendergast |
| music: | Stephen Rennicks |
| producer: | Ed Guiney |
| production: | Element Pictures |
| backing: | Irish Film Board, MEDIA Programme |
| distributor: | Element Pictures, Curzon Artificial Eye, ZED, Angel Films A/S |
