I Hired a Contract Killer
1990 · 80 min · Director: Aki Kaurismäki
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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...
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I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Humor 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Cast
Departmen Head
Landlady
Cab Driver
Pete
Al
Bartender
Jeweller
Daughter
Man at the Hotel Albania's Window (uncredited)
Flower Seller (uncredited)
Details
- Directed by
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Written by
- Aki Kaurismäki, Peter von Bagh
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1990
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Country
- Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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