I Hired a Contract Killer

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1h 19m | Comedy, Drama


In this Finnish comedy, which features all-English dialogue and nary a Scandanavian in it, Henri Boulanger (Jean-Pierre Leaud), is a colorless English civil servant, who was given a speedy retirement when his agency was privatized, complete with a gold watch.

His life is so barren that removing even the empty activities of his job makes it not worth living, so he attempts suicide by sticking his head in a gas oven - just as a gas service strike gets underway. Frustrated, he takes his savings from the bank and heads off to hire a contract killer to take his life from him.

Then he really begins to enjoy life - so much so, that now he wants to avoid his imminent demise.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Charles Cork, Serge Reggiani, Joe Strummer, Kenneth Colley
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