Tom of Finland

Tom of Finland

A stirring biopic of the legendary Tom of Finland, an iconic figure who brought gay erotica to the mainstream.

  • 116 mins
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  • Finland
    • |
  • 2017
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  • Director: Dome Karukoski
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  • Genre Gay Interest, LGBTQ Interest, Drama, Biography
  • Director Dome Karukoski
  • Cast Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Jessica Grabowsky
  • Run time 116 mins
  • Rating 18
    • Country Finland
    • Language Finnish, English, German
    • Subtitles English
    • In Cinemas 11.08.2017
    • Studio Peccadillo Pictures

Synopsis

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 post-war Helsinki rampant with homophobic persecution, 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 inhabitations. 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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