this enchanting movie be base on a novel by arto paasilinna . the bestseller be one of the best book i have read . here the story representone day journalist and photographer kaarlo vatanen decide to leave his past behind and and start a new life wander across the finnish forest and countryside . with him he have a companion and a young hare hit by a car . vatanen have to take care of the hare and because it leg be wound and so they start a journey together take care of each other . in the course of their adventure they get almost shoot by hunter and get catch by the police and meet many people and finally get to lapland and where they live peacefully and until a group of foreign tourist disturb their privacy . the hare fall ill and they must return to helsinki to see the vet . vatanen have find an ideal way of living and but the modern society try to tie him back to his duty and tax . in helsinki vatanen take to drink and get even engage and imprison and but finally he and the hare flee .