I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)

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Original Title :	I Hired a Contract Killer
Director :	Aki Kaurismäki
Writer :	Aki Kaurismäki
Genre :	Drama
	Comedy
Country :	Finland
Language :	English
Producer :	Martin Bruce-Clayton , Aki Kaurismäki , David Kelly
Music :	Frank Eyton Johnny Green Edward Heyman Robert Sour
Photography :	Timo Salminen
Distributor :	Pandora Film [de]
IMDB ID :	0099818
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I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) - Aki Kaurismäki

Starring

Jean-Pierre Léaud		Henri Boulanger
Margi Clarke		Margaret
Kenneth Colley		The Killer
T.R. Bowen		Department Head (as Trevor Bowen
Imogen Claire		Secretary (as Immogen Clare
Angela Walsh		Landlady
Cyril Epstein		Taxi Driver
Nicky Tesco		Pete
Charles Cork		Al
Michael O'Hagan		The Killer's Boss
Tex Axile		Barkeeper
Walter Sparrow		Hotel Porter
Tony Rohr		Frank
Joe Strummer		Guitar Player & Singer
Peter Graves		Jeweller
Serge Reggiani		Vic
Ette Elliot		The Killer's Daughter
Roberto Pla		Bongo Man
Aki Kaurismäki		Man Selling Dark Glasses (uncredited

Plot

After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to murder him at some unspecified time in the future. But almost immediately he meets and falls in love with Margaret, a flower-seller, which makes Henri realise that his life has some meaning after all. But when he goes back to the bar to cancel the contract, he finds it has been demolished - and there's no way he can get in touch with the killer...

Comments

Grows on you, 21 March 2004 Author: fefe23 from Berlin, Germany I only saw this movie once, over a decade ago.It was horrible.Noone laughed or even smiled in it, all the scenery was bleak, the story was depressing, and it almost made the audience feel suicidal as well (like the protagonist). But, with each passing year, I like this movie more.I'm very much looking forward to seeing it again.It actually is a great comedy, but it took me years to understand that. Should you see it?Definitely.I still remember this obscure movie after over 10 years and although I hated it at first.It inspired me enough to write this comment here.About how many movies can you say that?

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I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) - Aki Kaurismäki

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