The Year of the Hare
Jäniksen vuosi
Rating: 7.3 · 1977 · Comedy, Drama · Finland · 2 ч 9 мин
Description
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
Information
- Original title
- Jäniksen vuosi
- Year
- 1977
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country
- Finland
- Runtime
- 2 ч 9 мин
- TMDB
- 7.3
- IMDb
- 7.3
Director
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
- Ahti Kuoppala — Kaartinen
- Hannele Lanu — Kiosk Vendor
- Hannu Lauri — Huhtinen
- Heikki Nousiainen — Toropainen
- Esa Pakarinen Jr. — Police Officer
- Martti Pennanen — Hunter
- Eija Pokkinen — Italian Tourist
- Rita Polster — Mrs. Vatanen
- Elis Sella — Judge
- Jukka Sipilä — Salosensaari
- Arto Tuominen — Karlsson
- Matti Turunen — Savolainen