Tom of Finland
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.
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Genre: Drama
Director: Antti Lahtinen, Dome Karukoski, Melissa Markki, Tommi Kilpiö, Tuula Nikkola
Actors: Alf Myreen, Chris Myland, Fabian Puregger, Jakob Oftebro, Jessica Grabowsky, Lauri Tilkanen, Niklas Hogner, Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Taisto Oksanen
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