A Year in the Death of Jack Richards is a 2004 Canadian psychological drama film featuring Vlasta Vrána as the title 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.

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.

"[5] Blurring the lines between reality and fiction, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards is an open-ended film that is vague and evasive but completely up for discussion.

[6] In 2006, A Year in the Death of Jack Richards received a limited commercial release in theatres across Canada.