The Year of the Hare
Overview
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
Antti Litja
Kaarlo Vatanen

Kauko Helovirta
Desk Sergeant

Markku Huhtamo
Taxi Driver

Paavo Hukkinen
Taxi Driver
Juha Kandolin
Miettinen

Kosti Klemelä
U. Kärkkäinen
Anna-Maija Kokkinen
Leila Heikkinen

Martti Kuningas
Hannikainen
Ahti Kuoppala
Kaartinen
Hannele Lanu
Kiosk Vendor

Hannu Lauri
Huhtinen

Heikki Nousiainen
Toropainen