In this Finnish comedy, which features all-English dialogue and nary a Scandanavian in it, Henri Boulanger (Jean-Pierre Leaud), is a colorless English civil servant, who was given a speedy retirement when his agency was privatized, complete with a gold watch. His life is so barren that removing even the empty activities of his job makes it not worth living, so he attempts suicide by sticking his head in a gas oven - just as a gas service strike gets underway. Frustrated, he takes his savings from the bank and heads off to hire a contract killer to take his life from him. Then he really begins to enjoy life - so much so, that now he wants to avoid his imminent demise.~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

GENRE: Comedydrama, Drama, Comedy
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 1h 20m
RELEASE DATE: December 31, 1969
STARRING: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Serge Reggiani, Trevor Bowen
DIRECTOR(S): Aki Kaurismaki
PRODUCER(S): Aki Kaurismaki
WRITER(S): Aki Kaurismaki
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