I Hired a Contract Killer

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Director:Aki Kaurismäki
Cast:Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Serge Reggiani
Premiere:29. June 2017
Length:79 minutes
Genre:Comedy, Drama

I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer; Aki Kaurismäki, 1990, OV (ang.) + ST (cz); Aki Kaurismäki, 1990, versions: OR,CS,

Director: Aki Kaurismäki • Scenario: Aki Kaurismäki, Peter vn Bagh • Camera: Timo Salminen • Haircut: Aki Kaurismäki • Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Serge Reggiani, Nicky Tesco

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...

Length: 79 min

Year: 1990
Local premiere date: 29. June 2017

Country of origin:

  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Finland
  • Germany

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles

Director: Aki Kaurismäki • Scenario: Aki Kaurismäki, Peter vn Bagh • Camera: Timo Salminen • Haircut: Aki Kaurismäki • Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Serge Reggiani, Nicky Tesco

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...

Year: 1990
Local premiere date: 29. June 2017

Country of origin:

  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Finland
  • Germany

Language version:

OR - Original version
CS - Czech subtitles