Le lièvre de Vatanen
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VATANEN’S HARE

based on the novel by Arto Paasilinna
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95 min.

Tom Vatanen, star photographer of a major Canadian magazine, gets ready to receive the Journalist of the Year award. He accepts a request from Peter, his chief editor, to cover a dramatic news story in the Montreal suburbs. But when Tom discovers the bodies of ten young people who’ve died from an overdose, he’s appalled and refuses to photograph them. On his way back, Peter’s car sideswipes a hare. Without a word, Tom gets out of the car and plunges into the forest after the animal. The encounter between this man and a hare that possesses almost magical powers becomes an enduring friendship that will lead the pair across the Great Canadian North in a series of amazing adventures, a voyage of discovery.

Release date
© Biplan Prod/Artémis Productions

© Biplan Prod/Artémis Productions

© Biplan Prod/Artémis Productions

© Biplan Prod/Artémis Productions

© Biplan Prod/Artémis Productions

© Biplan Prod/Artémis Productions

Directors
Marc Rivière
Marc Rivière
Director  
Cast
Christophe Lambert
Christophe Lambert
Tom Vatanen  
Julie Gayet
Julie Gayet
Olga  
Rémy Girard
Rémy Girard
Richard Growe  
François Morel
François Morel
Le pasteur  
Johan Leysen
Johan Leysen
Peter  
Jean-Marie Winling
Jean-Marie Winling
Général Robson  
Scriptwriter Marc Rivière
Director of photography Stephan Ivanov
Production designer Prolet Gueorguieva
Costume designer Nathalie Leborgne
Picture editor Frédéric Fichefet
Composer Goran Bregovic
Sound editor Paul Heymans
Sound recordist Henri Morelle
Sound mixer Thomas Gauder
Color
Color
Image format
1.85 (Flat)
Sound
Dolby SR-D
Running time
95 min.
Language(s)

French