I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer
Directed by	Aki Kaurismäki
Produced by	Aki Kaurismäki
Written by	Aki Kaurismäki
Starring	Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley
Cinematography	Timo Salminen
Release date	September 13, 1990
Running time	79 min.
Country	Finland France Germany Sweden United Kingdom
Language	English, Finnish

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 cameo appearances by Joe Strummer as a guitar player and by Kaurismäki as a sunglasses salesman.

Henri Boulanger (Léaud), a French man living in London, is laid-off from his job after fifteen years of service. He tries to commit suicide but because he continuously fails, decides to hire a hitman (Kenneth Colley) to finish the job. After making the contract he meets Margaret (Margi Clarke) and finds new meaning to life, however, he is unable to call off the hitman.

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