I Hired a Contract Killer
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 cameo appearance by Joe Strummer as a guitar player.
Plot
Henri Boulanger is a middle-aged French man leading a drab and solitary life in London. One day, he is notified that despite fifteen years of service, he has been laid off, effective immediately, from his office job at the London waterworks because the government wants to privatize the business and foreigners have to be fired first.
More details
| author | Aki Kaurismäki Peter von Bagh |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Aki Kaurismäki |
| editor | Aki Kaurismäki |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | belong break in chance encounter contract killer corner shop hang hear jewel thieves kill lay off meet office job think tick wait |
| musicBy | Billie Holiday |
| producer | Aki Kaurismäki |
| productionCompany | Svenska Filminstitutet Villealfa Filmproductions |
| publisher | Finnkino |