Tom of Finland

Film program, FI 2017, 115 min., fin. OV + engl. UT

By: Dome Karukoski

With: Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Jessica Grabowsky, Seumas Sargent, Jakob Oftebro

The drawings by Tom of Finland shaped a whole generation of gay leather men, the so called “clones”. But the true life story of Touko Laaksonen, the man that was Tom of Finland is widely unknown. This biopic shows the sad and lonely life of a gay man in post World War II Finland who has to create his own fantasy world with perfectly built and well hung men.