The Year of the Hare (1977)

7.3/10 • 129 min • Comedy Drama

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

Cast

Antti Litja

Kaarlo Vatanen

Kauko Helovirta

Desk Sergeant

Markku Huhtamo

Taxi Driver

Paavo Hukkinen

Taxi Driver

Kosti Klemelä

U. Kärkkäinen

Martti Kuningas

Hannikainen

Ahti Kuoppala

Kaartinen

Hannu Lauri

Huhtinen

Heikki Nousiainen

Toropainen

Rita Polster

Mrs. Vatanen

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