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The Year of the Hare

7.3Dec 23, 19772h 9mComedyDrama

Directed by Risto Jarva

Written by Arto Paasilinna, Arto Paasilinna, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Risto Jarva

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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Cast

Antti Litja

Antti Litja

Kaarlo Vatanen

Kauko Helovirta

Kauko Helovirta

Desk Sergeant

Markku Huhtamo

Markku Huhtamo

Taxi Driver

Paavo Hukkinen

Paavo Hukkinen

Taxi Driver

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Juha Kandolin

Miettinen

Kosti Klemelä

Kosti Klemelä

U. Kärkkäinen

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Anna-Maija Kokkinen

Leila Heikkinen

Martti Kuningas

Martti Kuningas

Hannikainen

Ahti Kuoppala

Ahti Kuoppala

Kaartinen

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Hannele Lanu

Kiosk Vendor

Hannu Lauri

Hannu Lauri

Huhtinen

Heikki Nousiainen

Heikki Nousiainen

Toropainen

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