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Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland

6.7

Tom of Finland

NR·2017·116m

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 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.

Crew

Director

Dome Karukoski

Writer

Aleksi Bardy

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Finnish

Budget:

$4,200,000.00

Revenue:

$1,792,414.00

Keywords

world war ii
biography
male homosexuality
lgbt
lgbt in the military
gay history
gay theme
gay artist