I Hired a Contract Killer
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Finland, Sweden, Germany · 1990
1h 19m
Director Aki Kaurismäki
Starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, T.R. Bowen
Genre Comedy, Drama
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After fifteen years, Henri Boulanger is fired from his job. After a failed suicide attempt, he hires a contract killer to murder him at some unspecified time in the future. But, almost immediately, he meets and falls in love with Margaret, a flower-seller, and realizes that his life has some meaning after all.
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