The Year of the Hare
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- Runtime
- 129 mins
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
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
- Kauko Helovirta
- Markku Huhtamo
- Paavo Hukkinen
- Juha Kandolin
- Kosti Klemelä
- Anna-Maija Kokkinen
- Martti Kuningas
- Ahti Kuoppala
- Hannele Lanu
- Hannu Lauri
- Heikki Nousiainen
- Esa Pakarinen Jr.
- Martti Pennanen
- Eija Pokkinen
- Rita Polster
- Elis Sella
- Jukka Sipilä
- Arto Tuominen
- Matti Turunen
- Aapo Vilhunen
- Georges Copeloussis
- Masaaki Hashimoto
- Rostislav Holthoer
- Leni Katajakoski
- Pekka Litja
- Marja Mykkänen
- Helena Notkonen
- Eija Nousiainen
- Antti Peippo
- Lia Petersen
- Jorma Pulkkinen
- Riku Rinkama
- Eero Rinne
- Pertti Sarkio
- Markku Söderström
- Orvokki Taivalsaari
- Irma Wafin
Director
- Risto Jarva
Producers
- Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
Screenwriter
- Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
- Arto Paasilinna
- Risto Jarva
