The Year of the Hare

The story

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 & crew

Antti LitjaKaarlo Vatanen

Kauko HelovirtaDesk Sergeant

Markku HuhtamoTaxi Driver

Paavo HukkinenTaxi Driver

Juha Kandolin

Juha KandolinMiettinen

Kosti KlemeläU. Kärkkäinen

Anna-Maija Kokkinen

Anna-Maija KokkinenLeila Heikkinen

Martti KuningasHannikainen

Ahti KuoppalaKaartinen

Hannele Lanu

Hannele LanuKiosk Vendor

Hannu LauriHuhtinen

Heikki NousiainenToropainen