Tom of Finland (2017) Tom of Finland
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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, Jari Forsman, Niklas Hogner, Martin Bahne, Ksenia Lelesh
Annotation
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.
- Toms no Somijas
- Том из Финляндии
