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
Director and cast
- Risto Jarva Director
- Antti Litja as Kaarlo Vatanen
- Kauko Helovirta as Desk Sergeant
- Markku Huhtamo as Taxi Driver
- Paavo Hukkinen as Taxi Driver
- Juha Kandolin as Miettinen
- Kosti Klemelä as U. Kärkkäinen
- Anna-Maija Kokkinen as Leila Heikkinen
- Martti Kuningas as Hannikainen
- Ahti Kuoppala as Kaartinen
- Hannele Lanu as Kiosk Vendor
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