Tom of Finland
Rating: 6.8/4206 Plot Summary:
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 men around him, even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specializing 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.
Director: Dome Karukoski
Running time: 1h 57min
Genre: Biography, Drama
Release date: 3 March 2017 (Sweden)
Cast: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen, Fabian Puregger, Lauri Tilkanen, Roope Karisto, Taisto Oksanen, Emanuel Claesson, Henri Keränen, Jessica Grabowsky, Siim Maaten, Leif Edlund, Niko Wirtanen
