Film
The Year of the Hare
1977 · 2h 9m · Comedy · Drama
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- 7.5
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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
Juha Kandolin
Miettinen
Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen
Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
Ahti Kuoppala
Kaartinen
Hannele Lanu
Kiosk Vendor
Hannu Lauri
Huhtinen
Heikki Nousiainen
Toropainen
Esa Pakarinen Jr.
Police Officer
Martti Pennanen
Hunter
Eija Pokkinen
Italian Tourist
Rita Polster
Mrs. Vatanen
Crew
- Risto JarvaDirector · Screenplay · Editor
- Arto PaasilinnaNovel · Screenplay
- Kullervo KukkasjärviProducer · Screenplay
- Antti PeippoDirector of Photography
- Markku KopistoOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 23, 1977
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Finnish
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Rated
- S
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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