The Year of the Hare (2006 film)

This article is about the 2006 film. For the 1975 novel the film is based on, see The Year of the Hare.
The Year of the Hare
Original French film poster
FrenchLe Lièvre de Vatanen
Directed byMarc Rivière
Written byMarc Rivière
Based onThe Year of the Hare
by Arto Paasilinna
Produced byMarc Rivière
StarringChristopher Lambert
CinematographyStefan Ivanov
Edited byFrédéric Fichefet
Music byGoran Bregović
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont Columbia TriStar Films (France)[1]
Belga Films (Belgium)[1]
Release date
  • 27 December 2006 (2006-12-27)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesFrance
Belgium
Bulgaria
LanguageFrench
Budget$8.8 million[2]

The Year of the Hare (French: Le Lièvre de Vatanen) is a 2006 French, Belgian and Bulgarian film directed, written and produced by Marc Rivière.[3] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Le Lièvre de Vatanen (2006)". Lumiere. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Le Lièvre de Vatanen (2006) - JPBox-Office".
  3. ^ IMDB page on Le Lièvre de Vatanen