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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.
A suicidal man (Jean-Pierre Léaud) hires a terminally ill killer to bump him off, then changes his mind.
- Comedy
Aki Kaurismki, an eccentric Finnish auteur whose bleak, austere vision of down-and-outers is counterpointed with a wry, gallows humor. He has some similar stylistic devices as Wes Anderson, except where Anderson’s tone is all hugs and sunshine Kaurismki’s is caustic and gloom.
Oct 4, 1990 · After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.
Sep 10, 2012 · After 15 years as a London waterworks clerk, French émigré Henri (Léaud) is made redundant. Lonely and friendless, he hires a hit-man to put him out of his misery; but after meeting flower ...
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life rather than allow himself to sink into further despair. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls...