Tom of Finland (film)


Tom of Finland is a 2017 Finnish 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 24 February 2017, in Finnish cinemas. It was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Premise

returns home after serving in World War II. In post-war Helsinki, he makes a name for himself with his homoerotic drawings of muscular men. Before finding fame, he finds challenges from his sister and Finnish society due to his art.

Cast

Awards

At the 2016 Finnish Film Affair, Tom of Finland shared the Best Pitch prize, splitting the award money with Post Punk Disorder.
At the 2017 Göteborg Film Festival, the film won the Fipresci Award.

Critical reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".