''The Year of the Hare'' (french: Le Lièvre de Vatanen) is a

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Marc Rivière Marc Rivière is a French director, actor and screenwriter. He has worked extensively in French television. He directed the 2009 historic television drama La reine et le cardinal set during the early years of the reign of Louis XIV of France ...

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Arto Paasilinna Arto Tapio Paasilinna (, approximately ; 20 April 1942 – 15 October 2018) was a Finnish writer, being a former journalist turned comic novelist. One of Finland's most successful novelists,exVirtual Finland, 2007 Archived at Wayback Machine. he w ...

, which has previously been made of a 1977 Finnish adaptation directed by

Risto Jarva Risto Antero Jarva (15 July 1934 – 16 December 1977) was a Finnish filmmaker. Jarva usually approached his long films and short documentary films from some social problem and from one or more possible ways to solve it. Such problems included t ...

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Christopher Lambert Christophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert (; ; born March 29, 1957) is a French-American actor, producer, and novelist. He started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally famous for portraying Ta ...

: Tom Vatanen *

Julie Gayet Julie Gayet (; born 3 June 1972) is a French actress and film producer.< ...

: Olga *

Rémy Girard Rémy Girard (born August 10, 1950) is a Canadian actor and former television host from Montreal, Quebec. Acting career Girard played the role of Rémy, the main character, who is dying of terminal cancer, in the Canadian film ''The Barbarian In ...

: Richard Growe *

François Morel François Morel (14 March 1926 – 14 January 2018) was a Canadian composer, pianist, conductor, and music educator. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 1994 and was awarded t ...

: The pastor *

Johan Leysen Johan Leysen (19 February 1950 – 30 March 2023) was a Belgian actor. He appeared in more than 130 films and television shows from 1977. He starred in the film '' De grens'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Canne ...

: Peter *

Eric Godon Eric Godon (born 7 February 1959) is a Belgian character actor, director and writer. Recognisable by his burly appearance and deep voice, he is perhaps best known in English language circles, for his roles in ''In Bruges'', and '' The Missing'' ...

: Sam Bougreau *

Jean-Marie Winling Jean-Marie Winling (born 1947) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than a hundred films since 1972. Filmography Theater External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winling, Jean-Marie 1947 births Living people People from Sète French ma ...

: General Robson *

Dominique Besnehard Dominique Besnehard (; born 5 February 1954) is a French actor, film producer, casting director, writer and talent manager. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1975. He starred in the 1983 film '' À nos amours'', wh ...

: Barman Chibougamau *

Jean-Louis Sbille Jean-Louis Sbille (14 March 1948) is a Belgian- French-speaking artist, radio and television producer, actor and writer. Career In the mid-70s, with the graphic designer and art director, Marc Borgers they created RUPTZ, an art video and perfo ...

: Aaron

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