Rent Tom of Finland (2017)
3.3 of 5 from 156 ratings
1h 57min
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- Synopsis:
- Touko Laaksonen (Pekka Strang), 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 postwar Helsinki rampant with 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.
- Actors:
- Jakob Oftebro, Jessica Grabowsky, Werner Daehn, Troy T. Scott, Pekka Strang, Lauri Tilkanen, Jimmy Shaw, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Seumas F. Sargent, Jan Böhme, Kari Hietalahti, Leif Edlund Johansson, Siim Maaten, Jan Lindwall, Taisto Oksanen, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Amelia Höy, Martin Bergmann, Janne Puustinen, Meri Nenonen
- Directors:
- Dome Karukoski
- Producers:
- Aleksi Bardy, Miia Haavisto, Annika Sucksdorff
- Writers:
- Aleksi Bardy, Dome Karukoski, Mark Alton Brown, Noam Andrews, Kauko Röyhkä, Mia Ylönen, Susanna Luoto
- Aka:
- Touko
- Studio:
- Pecadillo Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay
- Countries:
- Finland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/11/2017
- Run Time:
- 117 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1, Finnish Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Interview with Durk Dehner
- Deleted Scenes
- Discussions at the Tom of Finland House
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Reviews (5) of Tom of Finland
Something of a missed opportunity. - Tom of Finland review by TE
This is worth watching just for the back-story it gives to the life of the cultural phenomenon that was Tom of Finland.
Having said that, it captures little of the playful bawdiness of his art.
It's a kind of low-energy lightbulb when it should be more of a flashing disco light!
There have been many representations of the problems faced by gay people in the 1940s and 1950s. The film dwells too long in that period and then rushes through the rest of his life, leaving many questions unanswered.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Episodic Finnish film about a gay icon artist - Tom of Finland review by PV
This is the sort of film that should be made - though I do have to say I am no fan of his fantasy mannerist art.
This movies follows this man's life from WWII and fighting against the Soviets to later days in the USA.
All very interesting and unknown to me before this. Perhaps not to everyone's taste but a useful biopic.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Interesting biopic - Tom of Finland review by JR
The story behind the iconic Tom of Finland drawings was OK, but could have been better. The story of the killing of the Russian airman in WW2 was told well in the extras features but did not come across so well in the film itself. The background and reasons why the artist began to draw the images of leather clad men with bugling muscles and attributes was not really covered. Overall the film was well done in many ways but could have been improved . Definitely worth a watch though.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.