The Year of the Hare

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

Director: Risto Jarva

Cast

Antti Litja

Kaarlo Vatanen

Kauko Helovirta

Desk Sergeant

Markku Huhtamo

Taxi Driver

Paavo Hukkinen

Taxi Driver

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Juha Kandolin

Miettinen

Kosti Klemelä

U. Kärkkäinen

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Anna-Maija Kokkinen

Leila Heikkinen

Martti Kuningas

Hannikainen

Ahti Kuoppala

Kaartinen

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Hannele Lanu

Kiosk Vendor