I Hired a Contract Killer
Aki Kaurismäki
Present-day London. Since he lost his job, Henri Boulanger can think of only one thing: dying. His numerous suicide attempts are nevertheless horrible failures. To get the job done once and for all, he decides to hire a professional killer. But when he arranged for his own murder, Boulanger didn't count on falling in love with a flower-seller...
With : Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Serge Reggiani, Trevor Bowen, Imogen Clare, Angela Walsh, Cyril Epstein, Michael O'Hagan, Nicky Tesco, Charles Cork
Screenplay : Aki Kaurismäki d'après une idée originale de Peter von Bagh
Image : Timo Salminen
Sound : Timo Linnasalo
Editing : Aki Kaurismäki
Screenplay : Aki Kaurismäki d'après une idée originale de Peter von Bagh
Image : Timo Salminen
Sound : Timo Linnasalo
Editing : Aki Kaurismäki
Production : Villealfa Film Productions, The Swedish Film Institute, Esselte Video, Channel Four, Pandora Films, The Finnish Film Foundation
Distribution: Pyramide
Distribution: Pyramide
"The detached style with which the filmmaker draws together the difficulties, knowing winks and the blooming love between his pitiful hero and a simple flower-seller makes for an explosive combination. In no more than eighty-four minutes, life, love, death, cinematic greatness, seedy bars and being down and out find a perfect voice, one that touches you and makes you smile in the very same movement." (J.M. Frodon) "Directing Léaud was amusing insomuch as I admired his acting more than anything else, and imitated his style in The Liar. I did everything in front of him in the way I thought Pierre Léaud would act. Afterwards, he was imitating me - who was imitating him!" (A. Kaurismäki)