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Completed - FINNISH, ENGLISH - Drama - 115 minutes

Log Line

Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski bring to the screen the life and work of one of the most influential and celebrated figures of twentieth century gay culture.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2016 (Debut)
  • AFM 2016 (Line up)
  • Berlin EFM 2017 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2017 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Dome KARUKOSKI
Writer(s) : Aleksi BARDY
Cast : Pekka STRANG, Lauri TILKANEN, Werner DAEHN, Jessica GRABOWSKY

Producer(s) : Aleksi BARDY, Mila HAAVISTO, Annika SUCKSDORFF

Synopsis

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.

Production

Country(ies) : FINLAND, USA

DENMARK ANGEL FILMS A/S
FINLAND Feb 24, 2017 FINNKINO OY
FRANCE Jul 19, 2017 REZO FILMS
GERMANY PANDASTORM PICT
GERMANY Oct 05, 2017 MFA+ FILMDISTRI
KUWAIT KUWAIT NATIONAL
NORWAY Sep 29, 2017 ANOTHER WORLD E
POLAND Nov 24, 2017 TONGARIRO RELEA
SPAIN FESTIVAL FILMS
TAIWAN CINEPLEX DEVELO
UNITED KIN Aug 11, 2017 PECCADILLO PICT

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Festivals and Awards

Busan IFF 2017 Flash Forward


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