The Year of the Hare (film)

The Year of the Hare (Finnish: Jäniksen vuosi) is a 1977 Finnish drama film directed by Risto Jarva, starring Antti Litja as a man who leaves his office job in Helsinki to live in the wilderness with a hare. The film is based on the 1975 book The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna.

Plot

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and city life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness where he becomes acquainted with nature.

Cast

• Antti Litja as Kaarlo Vatanen
• Kauko Helovirta as Poliisipäivystäjä
• Markku Huhtamo as Taksikuski Mikkelissä
• Paavo Hukkinen as Taksikuski Heinolassa
• Juha Kandolin as Valokuvaaja Miettinen
• Kosti Klemelä as U. Kärkkäinen
• Anna-Maija Kokkinen as Varatuomari Leila Heikkinen
• Martti Kuningas as Hannikainen, former rural police chief
• Ahti Kuoppala as Kaartinen
• Hannele Lanu as Kioskinpitäjä
• Hannu Lauri as Mainospäällikkö Huhtinen
• Heikki Nousiainen as Tourist guide Toropainen, "Mr. Toro"
• Esa Pakarinen as Poliisi #2 (as Esa Pakarinen Jr.)
• Martti Pennanen as Metsästäjä #1
• Tuija Piepponen as Irja (scenes deleted)

See also

• Le Lièvre de Vatanen, a 2006 French-language adaptation of the novel

External links

• The Year of the Hare at the Internet Movie Database