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 | 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