TOM OF FINLAND
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 peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him 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.
international title: | Tom of Finland |
original title: | Tom of Finland |
working title: | Touko |
country: | Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, United States, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Protagonist Pictures |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dome Karukoski |
film run: | 115' |
release date: | SE, 3/03/2017, FI 24/02/2017 |
screenplay: | Dome Karukoski, Aleksi Bardy, Kauko Röyhkä, Mark Alton Brown, Noam Andrews, Susanna Luoto, Mia Ylönen |
cast: | Jakob Oftebro, Jessica Grabowsky, Werner Daehn, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Jimmy Shaw, Lauri Tilkanen, Kari Hietalahti, Pekka Strang, Jan Böhme |
cinematography by: | Lasse Frank Johannessen |
film editing: | Harri Ylönen |
art director: | Lotta Bergman, Astrid Poeschke, Riina Sipiläinen, Ricardo Molina |
costumes designer: | Anna Vilppunen |
music: | Lasse Enersen, Hildur Guðnadóttir |
producer: | Aleksi Bardy, Miia Haavisto, Annika Sucksdorff |
co-producer: | Gunnar Carlsson, Caroline Eybye, Miriam Nørgaard, Simon Perry, Malin Söderlund, Ingvar Thórdarson, Sophie Mahlo |
production: | Helsinki Filmi Oy, Anagram Produktion, Fridthjof Film a/s, Neutrinos Productions, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) |
backing: | Film i Väst, Danish Film Institute, Finland100, Finnish Film Foundation, MEDIA Programme, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Nordic Film och TV Fund, Suomen Elokuvasäätiö, Swedish Film Institute |
distributor: | Finnkino |