The Year of the Hare (1977)

2h 9m · 23 Dec 1977

Comedy Drama

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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

Movie ID	102809
Genre	Comedy, Drama
Director	Risto Jarva
Main cast	Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo, Paavo Hukkinen, Juha Kandolin, Kosti Klemelä, Anna-Maija Kokkinen, Martti Kuningas
Release date	23 December 1977
Release year	1977
Language	Finnish
Duration	129 min (2h 9m)
Rating	7.3 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Filminor