TMDb Rating
7.3/10
25 verified votes
The Year of the Hare (1977)
ComedyDrama
129 min
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
ComedyDramaRisto JarvaAntti LitjaKauko Helovirta1977
Director
Risto Jarva
Top Cast
Antti LitjaKauko HelovirtaMarkku HuhtamoPaavo HukkinenJuha Kandolin
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