Movie
The Year of the Hare
7.3/10
1977
2h 9m
fi
Comedy
Drama
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
Director
Risto Jarva
Writers
Arto Paasilinna, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi
Movie Information
Release Date
December 23, 1977
Runtime
2h 9m
Status
Released
Original Language
fi
Vote Count
25
Production
Filminor
