I Hired A Contract Killer (1990)

I Hired A Contract Killer (1990) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Aki Kaurismaki

Written By:
Aki Kaurismaki

Actors:
Jean-Pierre Léaud ..... Henri Boulanger
Margi Clarke ..... Margaret
Kenneth Colley ..... The Killer
T.R. Bowen ..... Department Head (as Trevor Bowen)
Imogen Claire ..... Secretary (as Immogen Clare)
Angela Walsh ..... Landlady
Cyril Epstein ..... Taxi Driver
Nicky Tesco ..... Pete
Charles Cork ..... Al
Michael O'Hagan ..... The Killer's Boss
Tex Axile ..... Barkeeper
Walter Sparrow ..... Hotel Porter
Tony Rohr ..... Frank
Joe Strummer ..... Guitar Player & Singer
Peter Graves ..... Jeweller

Synopsis:

Henri Boulanger wants to die, for reasons too personal to be explained here. Since his helpless attempts to end his days go down the drain, partly because of a gas strike, partly because of his own impracticality, he ends up hiring a contract killer to send him to happier rubber-stamping grounds. While waiting for the killer to do his job, however, he makes the mistake of sipping, for the first time in his life, a whisky, and finds the courage to encounter the opposite sex eye to eye, also for the first time. Everything would be ready for setting up a family, but, unfortunately, the killer's contract cannot be canceled. The film moves from everyday realism through melodrama towards a surprise ending with a cinematic structure swinging between Dreyer and Melville without touching either of them in any way.

After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to murder him at some unspecified time in the future. But almost immediately he meets and falls in love with Margaret, a flower-seller, which makes Henri realise that his life has some meaning after all. But when he goes back to the bar to cancel the contract, he finds it has been demolished - and there's no way he can get in touch with the killer...

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 as 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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