The Year of the Hare

Synopsis

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

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Key crew

• Risto JarvaDirector
• Arto PaasilinnaScreenplay
• Kullervo KukkasjärviScreenplay
• Risto JarvaScreenplay
• Markku KopistoOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Antti LitjaKaarlo Vatanen
• Kauko HelovirtaDesk Sergeant
• Markku HuhtamoTaxi Driver
• Paavo HukkinenTaxi Driver
• Juha KandolinMiettinen
• Kosti KlemeläU. Kärkkäinen
• Anna-Maija KokkinenLeila Heikkinen
• Martti KuningasHannikainen
• Ahti KuoppalaKaartinen
• Hannele LanuKiosk Vendor
• Hannu LauriHuhtinen
• Heikki NousiainenToropainen

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