Movielogr
The Year of the Hare (1977)
Directed by Risto Jarva
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
Length 129 minutes
Actors
Antti Litja | Eija Nousiainen | Heikki Nousiainen | Jukka Sipilä | Kauko Helovirta | Leni Katajakoski | Markku Huhtamo | Hannu Lauri | Rita Polster | Kosti Klemelä | Matti Turunen | Martti Kuningas | Ahti Kuoppala | Anna-Maija Kokkinen | Jorma Pulkkinen | Antti Peippo | Eero Rinne | Martti Pennanen | Orvokki Taivalsaari | Paavo Hukkinen | Helena Notkonen | Eija Pokkinen | Masaaki Hashimoto | Esa Pakarinen Jr. | Juha Kandolin | Arto Tuominen | Aapo Vilhunen | Markku Söderström | Marja Mykkänen | Hannele Lanu | Elis Sella | Georges Copeloussis | Rostislav Holthoer | Pekka Litja | Lia Petersen | Riku Rinkama | Pertti Sarkio | Irma Wafin