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I Hired a Contract Killer

6.9(239)19901h 20m3

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • london, england
  • florist
  • dark comedy
  • contract killer
  • redundancy

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Produced in

Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival4 Oct 1990
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1515 Feb 1991
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical (limited)+13Kaurismäki: Vodka, Frío y Rock'n Roll7 Dec 2002
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical16 Aug 1991
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1212 Oct 1990
    • PremiereMidnight Sun Film Festival17 Jun 2007
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical9 Jan 1991
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival22 Feb 1991
    • Theatrical1214 Mar 1991
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical11 Oct 1991
  • IcelandIS

    • PremiereReykjavík International Film Festival1 Oct 2017
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereVenice Film Festival13 Sept 1990
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical9 Mar 1991
    • PremiereOsaka European Film Festival23 Nov 2012
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1215 Mar 1991

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I Hired a Contract Killer was released on 12 October 1990.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CRCulver

    5/27/2018

    6/10

    Very early in his career, the Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismäki established an aesthetic for his films in colour that has held for decades now: the characters are blue-collar people struggling to get by, and whatever emotions they feel, their lines of hatred, love, hope, or disappointment are communicated in an utterly deadpan, monotone fashion. The scenery is usually drab industrial buildings and rusting dockyards. Kaur…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    9/26/2024

    7/10

    "Henri" (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is so down in the dumps that he decides it's time to end it all. Not suicide, though - nope. He decides to pay a local gangster £1,000 to do the job in the style of an hit! OK, money's money thinks his would be assassin so the job is assigned to his veteran enforcer Kenneth Colley - but it turns out that he hasn't his problems to seek either. To make matters even more complex, "Henri" is s…

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