Tom of Finland (2017)
Tom of Finland
IMDb 6.8
Decorated officer Touko Laaksonen 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 men around him, who are 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.—Helsinki-filmi
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name :
Tom of Finland
MPA rating :
Release Date :
Feb 11th 18
Runtime :
117 min
Language :
fi
Genres :
Action , Biography , Drama
Cast :
Pekka Strang
Lauri Tilkanen
Jakob Oftebro
Mikko Silvennoinen
Storyline
Decorated officer Touko Laaksonen 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 men around him, who are 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.—Helsinki-filmi
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