--- title: 'Monsieur Hire (1989)' type: 'film' director: 'Patrice Leconte' released: '1989-01-01' runtime_minutes: 81 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Crime' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/monsieur-hire-1989' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097904/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Monsieur Hire (1989) 1989 · 81 min · Drama, Crime · France ## Synopsis Monsieur Hire is a 1989 French mystery romantic thriller directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Michel Blanc in the title role and Sandrine Bonnaire as the object of Hire's affection. The film received numerous accolades as well as a glowing review from the American film critic Roger Ebert, who later added the film to his list of "Great Movies." The screenplay of the film is based on the novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire by Georges Simenon and has original music by Michael Nyman. Simenon's novel was previously filmed in 1947 by Julien Duvivier as Panic (Panique) starring Michel Simon. ## Credits - **Director:** [Patrice Leconte](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-leconte) - **Screenplay:** [Patrice Leconte](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrice-leconte), [Patrick Dewolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-dewolf) - **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Nyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-nyman) - **Producer:** [Philippe Carcassonne](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-carcassonne) - **Director of Photography:** [Denis Lenoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-lenoir) - **Editor:** [Joëlle Hache](https://cinepixo.com/people/joelle-hache) ## Cast - [Philippe Dormoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-dormoy) - [Sandrine Bonnaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandrine-bonnaire) - [Luc Thuillier](https://cinepixo.com/people/luc-thuillier) - [Cristiana Reali](https://cinepixo.com/people/cristiana-reali) - [André Wilms](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-wilms) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/monsieur-hire-1989 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1217194); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.