I Hired a Contract Killer

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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
Release date(s)	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 a lengthy performance by Joe Strummer and a cameo from Kaurismäki as a sunglass salesman.

[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.