Hatchi

Snowflakes fall on a railway station bench. A professor finds a lost Akita puppy beside his briefcase. Hallström handles sentiment with subtlety.

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Lasse Hallström directed Hatchi in 2009. See Lasse Hallström's full filmography, where to start with Lasse Hallström, or where to go after you've seen everything by Lasse Hallström.

Hatchi was released in 2009 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 93 minutes.