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MOVIE · 1977

The Year of the Hare

★ 7.3ComedyDrama

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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Story

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

CAST

Featured cast

Antti LitjaKaarlo Vatanen
Kauko HelovirtaDesk Sergeant
Markku HuhtamoTaxi Driver
Paavo HukkinenTaxi Driver
Juha KandolinMiettinen
Kosti KlemeläU. Kärkkäinen
Anna-Maija KokkinenLeila Heikkinen
Martti KuningasHannikainen

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