I Hired a Contract Killer
Overview
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.
- Production
- Villealfa Filmproductions, Finnkino, Esselte Video, Megamania, Pyramide Productions, Pandora Film, Channel 4 Television
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Cast
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Henri
Margi Clarke
Margaret
Kenneth Colley
The Killer
T.R. Bowen
Departmen Head
Imogen Claire
Secretary
Angela Walsh
Landlady
Nicky Tesco
Pete
Charles Cork
Al
Michael O'Hagan
Killer's Boss
Walter Sparrow
Receptionist
Tony Rohr
Frank
Joe Strummer
Guitarist
Peter Graves
Jeweller
Serge Reggiani
Vic
Aki Kaurismäki
Sunglasses Seller (uncredited)
Minna Virtanen
Flower Seller (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Writers
- Aki Kaurismäki,Aki Kaurismäki
- Producers
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Cinematography
- Timo Salminen
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CRCulver
May 27, 2018
Very early in his career, the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki established an aesthetic for his films in colour that has held for decades now: the characters are blue-collar people struggling to get by, and whatever emotions they feel, their lines of hatred, love, hope, or disappointment are communicated in an utterly deadpan, monotone fashion. The scenery is usually drab industrial buildings and rusting dockyards. Kaurismäki's 1990 film I HIRED A CONTRACT KILLER moves that formula, developed in hi…
CinemaSerf
September 26, 2024
"Henri" (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is so down in the dumps that he decides it's time to end it all. Not suicide, though - nope. He decides to pay a local gangster £1,000 to do the job in the style of an hit! OK, money's money thinks his would be assassin so the job is assigned to his veteran enforcer Kenneth Colley - but it turns out that he hasn't his problems to seek either. To make matters even more complex, "Henri" is sitting in the pub - awaiting what he hopes will be the inevitable - when he meet…