1977
7.2 (20 votes)
2h 9m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Companies
Filminor
The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi)
Overview
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
Key Crew
Director: Risto Jarva
Producer: Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
Screenplay: Arto Paasilinna, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Risto Jarva
Director of Photography: Antti Peippo
Top Cast
Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen
Kauko Helovirta
Desk Sergeant
Markku Huhtamo
Taxi Driver
Paavo Hukkinen
Taxi Driver
Juha Kandolin
Miettinen
Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen
Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
