The Year of the Hare 1977
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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
- Released: 1977-12-23
- Runtime: 129 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Stars: Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo, Paavo Hukkinen, Juha Kandolin
- Director: Risto Jarva, Arto Paasilinna, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Arto Paasilinna, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
