I Hired a Contract Killer
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| Directed by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Produced by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Written by | Aki Kaurismäki |
| Starring | Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley |
| Release date(s) | September 13, 1990 |
| Running time | 79 min. |
| Language | English, Finnish |
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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 cameo appearances by Joe Strummer (The Clash) as a guitar player,[1] and by Kaurismäki as a sunglass salesman.[2]
[edit] Plot
Henri Boulanger (Léaud), a French man in London, is fired from his job after fifteen years of service. He tries to commit suicide but as he continuously fails, he decides to hire a hitman (Kenneth Colley) to do the job. Afterwards he meets Margaret (Margi Clarke) and finds new meaning to his life, but the hitman is after him and wants to finish his assignment.
[edit] References
- ^ Joe Strummer keeps busy since Clash split. The Joe Strummer Resource. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Trivia for I Hired a Contract Killer. IMDb. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
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