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The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 23, 1977

Runtime

2h 9m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

71%

Original Title

Jäniksen vuosi

Production Companies

Filminor

Director

Risto Jarva

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