Irish filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson ("Adam & Paul," "Garage") gives us a look into the wealthy suburbs of Dublin in "What Richard Did." The film follows a group of Irish teenage boys during their last summer together, leading up to an act of jealousy that affects main character Richard's life. Abrahams...
Read More »North American rights to Lenny Abrahamson's ("Adam and Paul") upcoming drama "What Richard Did" have been picked up by Tribeca Film in the wake of last weekend's Irish Film & Television Awards, during which it took home five awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
Read More »“What Richard Did” follows a role-model athlete into a party, and after a violent drunken spasm of jealousy, a rugby teammate is dead. Director Lenny Abrahamson’s second feature shifts from a light airy palette on the beaches near Wicklow to darkening tones as his story devolves from jostling bonhomie into death and guilt. Newcomer Jack Reynor is Richard Karlsen, a team leader who can’t contain his surging emotions when there’s competition for dark-haired Lara (Roisin Murphy). After a brawl goes too far and the police investigate, omerta sets in among the mates who witnessed the fight, putting a few new wrinkl...
Read More »While Irish filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson was in the news this week with a new Michael Fassbender project called "Frank," he also has a film screening in the contemporary world cinema section of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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