Touko Laaksonen aka Tom of Finland
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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.
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- Biography, Drama
- Dome Karukoski
- 2017-02-24
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. Tom of Finland premiered on 27 January 2017 at Gothenburg Film Festival and was released theatrically in Finland on 24 February 2017.
From award winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski, #TomOfFinland is the long-awaited biography of artist Touko Laaksonen, the man behind the iconic signature ‘Tom ...
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- 44.4K
- Madman Films
Tom of Finland. Touko Valio Laaksonen (8 May 1920 – 7 November 1991), known by the pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized highly masculinized homoerotic art, and influenced late 20th-century gay culture.
Tom of Finland is an important film, especially for the gay community. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The movies focuses too much on the ...
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- Pekka Strang
- Dome Karukoski
- Film Väst
Dome Karukoski. Director. Aleksi Bardy. Writer. 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 ...
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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. In Beverly Hills, when a group of cops walks in ...
