The Baker (2007)

Directed by

Gareth Lewis

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 87 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hitman tries to leave his violent past behind by moving to a quiet Welsh village and starting a bakery. His old associates keep pulling him back into trouble.

quirkyoffbeatunderstateddryly humorouslightly tenseslow-burnwrygentle

What happens

The Baker is a 2007 British comedy crime thriller film written and directed by Gareth Lewis and starring Damian Lewis, Kate Ashfield and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. An ex-assassin retires to a small Welsh village and opens a bakery but is unable to escape his former associates. The film premiered at the 2007 edition of the short-lived Tremblant Film Festival, where Lewis was awarded Best Director. After a brief theatrical release, the film was released to home video as Assassin in Love. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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