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The Year of the Hare

71% | Dec 23, 1977 | Comedy, Drama

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

Featured Crew

Risto Jarva
Director
Arto Paasilinna
Novel

Cast

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Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen
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Kauko Helovirta
Desk Sergeant
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Markku Huhtamo
Taxi Driver
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Paavo Hukkinen
Taxi Driver
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Juha Kandolin
Miettinen

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