Directed by:
Aki KaurismäkiScreenplay:
Aki KaurismäkiCinematography:
Timo SalminenCast:
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, Serge Reggiani, Nicky Tesco, Charles Cork, Angela Walsh, Michael O'Hagan, Walter Sparrow, Tony Rohr (more)Plots(1)
Iris (Outinen) works a dreary job as a quality control inspector in a match factory. Her stifling home life isn't much better - she rents a room from her morally strict mother and stepfather and has little in the way of a social life. The monotony of it all comes to an abrupt end when she becomes pregnant by a white collar worker she meets at a local nightclub. Rejected by her lover and kicked out of her mother's house, Iris buys a box of rat poison and sets her mind on revenge. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jean-Pierre Léaud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/328/162328963_fc5a39.png)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Day for Night (1973)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
![Margi Clarke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/280/159280207_8ee5cc.jpg)
Margi Clarke
UK
Best movies:
Pet Shop Boys: Videography (1991) (video compilation)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
![Kenneth Colley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272439_4df90a.jpg)
Kenneth Colley
UK
Best movies:
![Serge Reggiani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726216_bbed5b.png)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
![Nicky Tesco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185862_9b0ab4.jpg)
Nicky Tesco
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
![Charles Cork](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/279/159279895_e066e2.jpg)
Charles Cork
Best movies:
Snatch (2000)
V for Vendetta (2005)
The Tenth Kingdom (2000) (series)
Angela Walsh
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Nowhere Boy (2009)
![Michael O'Hagan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/279/159279985_31417b.jpg)
Michael O'Hagan
Ireland
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
![Walter Sparrow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/280/159280185_ef421f.jpg)
Walter Sparrow
UK
Best movies:
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Shadowlands (1993)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
![Tony Rohr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/280/159280161_7af0ac.jpg)
Tony Rohr
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Three Men in a Boat (1975) (TV movie)
Inspector George Gently (2007) (series)
Cyril Epstein
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Little Dorrit (1987)
![Joe Strummer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276486_400fab.jpg)
Joe Strummer
Turkey
Best movies:
Mystery Train (1989)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Rude Boy (1980)
Tex Axile
UK
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
![Peter Graves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193923_bdae72.jpg)
Peter Graves
UK
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Ette Eliot
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Roberto Pla
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Erkki Lahti
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Minna Virtanen
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
![Aki Kaurismäki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269648_cd49c2.jpg)
Aki Kaurismäki
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
The Worthless (1982)
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Gil Mehmert
West Germany
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)