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The Year of the Hare

Genre: Drama, Comedy
Countries: Finland,
Release Date: December 23, 1977
Year: 1977
Runtime:129 min
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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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Kauko Helovirta     , Paavo Hukkinen     , Antti Litja     , Markku Huhtamo