The Year of the Hare
1977 · 129 min
Comedy · Drama
★ 7.3Young 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
Crew
- Director Risto Jarva
- Screenplay Arto Paasilinna
- Screenplay Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
- Screenplay Risto Jarva
- Director of Photography Antti Peippo
Cast
Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen
Kauko Helovirta
Desk Sergeant
Markku Huhtamo
Taxi Driver
Paavo Hukkinen
Taxi Driver
- J
Juha Kandolin
Miettinen
Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
- A
Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen
Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
Ahti Kuoppala
Kaartinen
- H
Hannele Lanu
Kiosk Vendor
Hannu Lauri
Huhtinen
Heikki Nousiainen
Toropainen
Crew
- Director — Risto Jarva
- Screenplay — Arto Paasilinna
- Screenplay — Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
- Screenplay — Risto Jarva
- Director of Photography — Antti Peippo
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