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The Year of the Hare (1977)

The Year of the Hare (1977)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1977, December 23
Directors: Risto Jarva
Countries: Finland
Production: Filminor, Filminor
Cast: Eija Nousiainen, Heikki Nousiainen, Matti Turunen, Jorma Pulkkinen, Arto Tuominen, Markku Huhtamo, Antti Litja, Rita Polster, Ahti Kuoppala, Jukka Sipilä, Aapo Vilhunen, Helena Notkonen

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

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