Tom of Finland(2017)

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.

Genre: Drama

Director: Dome Karukoski

Actors: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen, Fabian Puregger, Lauri Tilkanen, Roope Karisto, Taisto Oksanen, Emanuel Claesson, Henri Keränen

Release date: 2017-02-24

Country of origin: Iceland, Finland, United States of America, Sweden, Denmark, Germany

Length: 1h 56m

Ratings:

• 6.8/10
• 83%
• 56/100