Tom of Finland

About 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.

Tom of Finland (2017) is a drama film directed by Dome Karukoski. Pekka Strang appears as Touko Laaksonen, Lauri Tilkanen as Veli, Jessica Grabowsky as Kaija, and Taisto Oksanen as Alijoki.

Released in February 2017, it runs 116 minutes. Written by Aleksi Bardy. It was produced by Anagram.

Shelv files it under male homosexuality, gay artist, gay history, and LGBT in the military. In the United States it streams on Kino Film Collection. It scores 6.6 out of 10 from 143 TMDB voters.

The Imitation Game, Milk, and Bohemian Rhapsody make useful companions to Tom of Finland, all filed under biography, gay theme, and LGBT.