The read
A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%, Metacritic 56/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
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, specialising 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.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
141 audience votes
Key crew
- Dome KarukoskiDirector
- Aleksi BardyWriter
- Hildur GuðnadóttirOriginal Music Composer
- Lasse EnersenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Pekka StrangTouko Laaksonen / Tom of Finland
- Lauri TilkanenVeli
- Jessica GrabowskyKaija
- Taisto OksanenAlijoki
- Seumas F. SargentDoug
- Jakob OftebroJack
- Niklas HognerKake
- Chris MylandSecurity Person
- Alf MyreenAD Artist
- Fabian PureggerTom's Dream Cop
- Roope KaristoYoung Man
- Emanuel ClaessonMan in Doorway
