Movie
Tom of Finland
2017 · 116 min
A quiet, dignified biopic that moves patiently through decades, balancing repression and shame with the liberating thrill of self-expression through art.
- Directed by
- Dome Karukoski
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Jessica Grabowsky
- Overview
- Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
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- Directed by
- Dome Karukoski
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Jessica Grabowsky
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