The Year of the Hare (1977)

  • S
  • 12/23/1977 (FI)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 2h 9m

Overview

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life

Risto Jarva

Director, Screenplay

Arto Paasilinna

Novel, Screenplay

Kullervo Kukkasjärvi

Screenplay

Cast

Antti Litja's headshot

Antti Litja

Kaarlo Vatanen
Kauko Helovirta's headshot

Kauko Helovirta

Desk Sergeant
Markku Huhtamo's headshot

Markku Huhtamo

Taxi Driver
Paavo Hukkinen's headshot

Paavo Hukkinen

Taxi Driver
Juha Kandolin's headshot

Juha Kandolin

Miettinen
Kosti Klemelä's headshot

Kosti Klemelä

U. Kärkkäinen
Anna-Maija Kokkinen's headshot

Anna-Maija Kokkinen

Leila Heikkinen
Martti Kuningas's headshot

Martti Kuningas

Hannikainen

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