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Tom of Finland is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by Aleksi Bardy. It stars Pekka Strang as Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, a Finnish homoerotic artist. [6] Tom of Finland premiered on 27 January 2017 at Gothenburg Film Festival and was released theatrically in Finland on 24 February 2017. [3]
- $1.8 million
- Dome Karukoski
- €3.8 million
- Hildur Guðnadóttir, Lasse Enersen
Feb 24, 2017 · Tom of Finland: Directed by Dome Karukoski. With Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen. Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
- Dome Karukoski
- 26
- 2 min
Oct 13, 2017 · Tom of Finland honors its subject with an empathetic, even-handed, and above all entertaining look at the pioneering art he produced from private turmoil. Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen...
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- Pekka Strang
- Dome Karukoski
- Film Väst
Oct 13, 2017 · When “Tom” starts selling his drawings in America and begins to travel there, the movie takes on an almost magical-realist tone. In the ‘50s and ‘60s “Tom” has to live in shadows, and a trip to Berlin during which authorities discover one of his drawings is a near-catastrophe for him.
Feb 8, 2017 · Movies. Movie Reviews. ‘Tom of Finland’: Film Review. Finnish director Dome Karukoski's prize-winning biopic celebrates the cult artist who brought hardcore gay sex imagery into the...
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Aug 10, 2017 · Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10.20 EDT. Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen, known by his nom de plume Tom of Finland, is brought above the radar of cultural history in this well-acted biopic....
Feb 24, 2017 · Overview. 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.
