The Year of the Hare (1977)

Original title

Jäniksen vuosi

Directed by

Risto Jarva

Genre

comedy film

Country

Finland

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

S

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man abandons his city desk job and sets off into the Finnish countryside with a hare he rescued. He encounters a series of odd characters and small adventures as he tries to live a freer life.

quirkycontemplativegentleoffbeatmelancholicwryslow-paced

What happens

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. The Year of the Hare was the last film of Risto Jarva; he died in a car accident on his way back from a private showing of the film, and the subsequent party. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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