'' What Richard Did '' is a 2012 Irish film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Malcolm Campbell . The film is loosely based on Kevin Power 's '' Bad Day in Blackrock '' , a fictionalised novel inspired by the real-life death of Brian Murphy in 2000 . It won the best Irish film of the year award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards and was the most commercially successful Irish film of 2012
10th Irish Film & Television Awards
10th Irish Film & Television Awards
What Richard Did