''The Year of the Hare'' () is a
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
French,
Belgian and
Bulgaria
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n film directed, written and produced by
Marc Rivière
Marc Rivière is a French film director, 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 XI ...
.
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/ref> It is based on the 1975 novel '' The Year of the Hare'' by Arto Paasilinna, 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 ...
.
Cast
* Christopher Lambert : Tom Vatanen
* Julie Gayet
Julie Gayet (; born 3 June 1972) is a French actress and film producer.[< ...]
: Olga
* Rémy Girard : Richard Growe
* François Morel : The pastor
* Johan Leysen : Peter
* Eric Godon : Sam Bougreau
* Jean-Marie Winling : 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 : Aaron
See also
*'' The Year of the Hare'', the novel by Arto Paasilinna the film is based on.
*'' The Year of the Hare'', the 1977
Events January
* January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...
Finnish adaptation of the novel.
References
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2006 films
Films scored by Goran Bregović
Films shot in Bulgaria
Bulgarian drama films
French drama films
Belgian drama films
Films based on Finnish novels
2000s French-language films
French-language Belgian films
2000s French films
2000s Belgian films
Films based on works by Arto Paasilinna
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