The Year of the Hare backdrop

The Year of the Hare 1977 Jäniksen vuosi

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

Country Finland
Production Country Finland
Language Finnish
Spoken Language Finnish
Gneres Comedy , Drama
Production Company Filminor
Release Date 23 December 1977
129 mins