Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland- Director
- Dome Karukoski
- Country
- Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, United kingdom
- Year
- 2017
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Dome Karukoski, Aleksi Bardy, Kauko Röyhkä, Mark Alton Brown, Noam Andrews, Susanna Luoto, Mia Ylönen
- Cast
- Jakob Oftebro, Jessica Grabowsky, Werner Daehn, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Jimmy Shaw, Lauri Tilkanen, Kari Hietalahti, Pekka Strang, Jan Böhme
- Production
- Helsinki Filmi Oy, Anagram Produktion, Fridthjof Film a/s, Neutrinos Productions, Film i Väst, Film and Music Entertainment
Storyline
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, 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.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
European Film Awards (EFA) 2017
Selected
Releases
Spain (7 of July 2017)
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
