The Year of the Hare (1977)
Comedy
Drama
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
Kaarlo Vatanen
Desk Sergeant
Huhtinen
Toropainen
Police Officer
Hunter
Italian Tourist
Mrs. Vatanen
Judge
Salosensaari
Karlsson
Savolainen
Taxi Driver
Police Officer
Foreign Tourist
Foreign Tourist
Guide
Woman at Pot
Vatanen as a Child
Foreign Tourist
Woman at Pot
Foreign Tourist
Man at Police Station
Taxi Driver
Pirkko
Vaulonen
Prosecutor
Tractor Driver
Professor
Laaksonen
Foreign Tourist
Veterinarian
Miettinen
U. Kärkkäinen
Leila Heikkinen
Hannikainen
Kaartinen
Kiosk Vendor
Crew
Director
Novel
Producer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Production Design
Production Sound Mixer
Production Sound Mixer
Script Supervisor