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The Year of the Hare

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7.3/10 • 21

1977-12-232h 9m

ComedyDrama

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

Directors
Risto Jarva
Editors
Risto Jarva

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  1. Antti Litja

    Antti Litja

    Kaarlo Vatanen

  2. Kauko Helovirta

    Kauko Helovirta

    Desk Sergeant

  3. Markku Huhtamo

    Markku Huhtamo

    Taxi Driver

  4. Paavo Hukkinen

    Paavo Hukkinen

    Taxi Driver

  5. Juha Kandolin

    Juha Kandolin

    Miettinen

  6. Kosti Klemelä

    Kosti Klemelä

    U. Kärkkäinen

  7. Anna-Maija Kokkinen

    Anna-Maija Kokkinen

    Leila Heikkinen

  8. Martti Kuningas

    Martti Kuningas

    Hannikainen

  9. Ahti Kuoppala

    Ahti Kuoppala

    Kaartinen

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    Finnish
    Budget
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    Keywords
    based on novel or book