Jean-Pierre Léaud
Henri Boulanger
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I Hired A Contract Killer 1990. 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. He has some similar stylistic devices as Wes Anderson, except where Anderson’s tone is all hugs and sunshine Kaurismki’s is caustic ...
Oct 4, 1990 · 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. Director, Screenplay, Story. Reviews. 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.
Brief Synopsis. Read More. 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 in.
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. While waiting for the killer, however, he makes the mistake of sipping a whisky for the first time in his life, meets a woman and promptly falls in love.
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I Hired a Contract Killer. Details: 1990, Rest of the world, Cert 15, 80 mins. Direction: Aki Kaurismaki. Summary: Delightfully preposterous murder thriller shot in London by the maverick Fin ...
Aki Kaurismäki Germany, Sweden, 1990. In his first collaboration with Aki Kaurismäki, iconic French star Jean-Pierre Léaud proves a perfect fit for the director’s droll and deadpan, not-quite-comedy style. Absurd and existential, the London-set I Hired a Contract Killer is a rare and fascinating outsider’s view of late-80s Britain.
