A Year in the Death of Jack Richards

A Year in the Death of Jack Richards
Directed by B. P. Paquette
Produced by B. P. Paquette
Written by B. P. Paquette
Starring Vlasta Vrána
Micheline Lanctôt
Harry Hill
Darryl Hunter
Music by Andrew David
Cinematography Daniel Breton
Edited by Andrew David
Production
company
Ourson Films
Distributed by Ourson Films
Release dates
  • October 2, 2005 (2005-10-02) (Valdivia International Film Festival)
Running time
 85 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

A Year in the Death of Jack Richards is a 2005 psychological drama from Canada starring Vlasta Vrána as the titular character, a professor of theology, who may or may not have made himself the target of a supposed cult, whose members then worship him for a year so that they may kill him as an atonement for their sins. It is the debut feature film from Canadian director B. P. Paquette, and co-stars Micheline Lanctôt, Harry Hill, and Darryl Hunter.

Presented at numerous film festivals in countries from around the world, and honoured with prizes and accolades, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards absolutely polarized critics when it was released in commercial theatres. [1][2][3]

A Year in the Death of Jack Richards is the first panel in Paquette's triptych on the psychology of romantic love, followed by The Woman of Ahhs: A Self-Portrait by Victoria Fleming (2008), and The Anonymous Rudy S. (2016).[4]

Interpretations and allusions

Blurring the lines between reality and non-reality, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards is an open-ended film that is vague and evasive but completely up for discussion. In interviews, Paquette has stated that it was his intention to make a film that was wide open to a variety of different interpretations. Even Vlasta Vrána, who played Jack Richards, said, “Don’t ask me about the film because I don’t know anything. I know what got me through making it, doing my part. [...] I had the story, I had the idea of what it is, I know what I took as my motivations—I know that the story is much more complex than what I took for myself.” [5]

Festival recognition

Between 2004 and 2007, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards was presented at numerous film festivals in countries from around the world, including the USA, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Canada, Chile, Romania, etc., and was honored with many prizes and accolades, including a nomination for Best First Feature Film from the prestigious International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), the Best Feature Film award from the Festival of Fantastic Films (UK), and the Grand Jury prize from the Dead Center Film Festival. [6]

Theatrical release

A Year in the Death of Jack Richards was released commercially in theatres across Canada in 2006.[7]

Awards

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