Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1990-10-12) |
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| Awards: | 1 win & 3 nominations |
| Screen: | Aki Kaurismäki, Peter von Bagh |
| Productions: | Villealfa Filmproductions, Svenska Filminstitutet, Finnkino, Esselte Video, Megamania, Pyramide Productions, Pandora Film, Channel 4 Television |
| Production Countries: | Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Français |
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Casts
- 1653: Jean-Pierre Léaud - Henri
- 53487: Margi Clarke - Margaret
- 10734: Kenneth Colley - The Killer
- 133038: T.R. Bowen - Departmen Head
- 53488: Imogen Claire - Secretary
- 1231397: Angela Walsh - Landlady
- 1651661: Cyril Epstein - Cab Driver
Crews
- 16767: Aki Kaurismäki - Producer - Production
- 16767: Aki Kaurismäki - Editor - Editing
- 16769: Timo Salminen - Director of Photography - Camera
- 16767: Aki Kaurismäki - Director - Directing
- 16767: Aki Kaurismäki - Screenplay - Writing
- 53506: John Ebden - Production Design - Art
- 2274765: Andy Pavord - Location Manager - Production
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Reviews
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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 disappointmen ....
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"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 vetera ....
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