1 Movie Starring T.R. Bowen

I Hired a Contract Killer

I Hired a Contract Killer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-12

Languages:

English, Finnish

Countries:

Finland, UK, Germany, Sweden, France

Runtime:

79 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3522 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Genres:

DramaComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Aki Kaurismèki (story)

Aki Kaurismèki (screenplay)

Peter von Bagh (story)

Fullplot:

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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