I Hired a Contract Killer
Aki Kaurismäki / FI, 1990 / 79 min.
A man who’s through with life hires a contract killer to do the job for him. But then he falls in love with a flower seller. This matter-of-fact comedy by Finnish director Aki Kaurusmäki stars Jean-Pierre Léaud in the lead role and Joe Strummer in a supporting role.
Finland 100
The Essential Aki Kaurismäki programme celebrates Finland”s first centenary as an independent country. The Finnish republic was proclaimed on 6 December 1917, not long after the October Revolution in Russia.
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Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Production year
1990
Country
FI
Original title
I Hired a Contract Killer
Length
79 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm
Part of
The Essential Aki Kaurismäki
Eye Filmmuseum screens more than ten classic titles by Aki Kaurismäki, the chronicler of Finnish melancholy with an absurdist twist. The majority of the films featured in the programme are from Eye’s own collection and will be screened on 35mm.
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