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I Hired a Contract Killer is a film directed, produced and written by the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki in 1990. It is a Finnish-British-German-Swedish co-production and stars the renowned French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. The film also features a cameo appearance by Joe Strummer as a guitar player.
Oct 12, 1990 · I Hired a Contract Killer: Directed by Aki Kaurismäki. With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, T.R. Bowen. Henri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide.
- (7.7K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Aki Kaurismäki
- 1990-10-12
1:15:44. I Hired A Contract Killer 1990. Topics. ab filmatic oxymoron - both grim and jokey. Aki Kaurismki, an eccentric Finnish auteur whose bleak, austere vision of down-and-outers is counterpointed with a wry, gallows humor.
Jul 10, 2014 · I Hired a Contract Killer. http://miff.com.au/program/film/5829 Dir. Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, UK, 1990 "Plays like an Ealing comedy on downers."
- 2 min
- 12.4K
- MIFF
Absurd and existential, the London-set I Hired a Contract Killer is a rare and fascinating outsider’s view of late-80s Britain. Henri Boulanger wants to die. Since his helpless attempts to end his days go down the drain, he hires a contract killer to do the job.
I Hired a Contract Killer. A suicidal man (Jean-Pierre Léaud) hires a terminally ill killer to bump him off, then changes his mind.
- Comedy
May 5, 2024 · Sacked from his civil service job, a lonely and desperate Frenchman tries to kill himself in vain, so hires a contract killer to bump him off. Tasting his first whiskey during his final hours, he falls for a flower girl, and life suddenly isn’t the dead end it seems – if he could cancel the contract.
