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 summer night Richard does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him.

Director Lenny Abrahamson

Writer Malcolm Campbell, Kevin Power

Cast Jack Reynor, Fionn Walton, Gavin Drea

Producers Ed Guiney

Production Credits Andrew Lowe - Executive Producer, Breda Walsh- Liner Producer, Element Pictures, Irish Film Board

Lenny Abrahamson

Abrahamson previously directed the acclaimed Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection Garage (2007) and Adam and Paul (2004), which played in Berlin Panorama. His third feature What Richard Did launched at Toronto Film Festival in 2012.