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.[6]
Tom of Finland premiered on 27 January 2017, at Gothenburg Film Festival and 24 February
2017, in Finnish cinemas.[3] It was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language
Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[7][8]

Contents

 1Premise
 2Cast
 3Reception
o 3.1Awards
o 3.2Critical reception
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

Premise[edit]
Touko Laaksonen returns home to Finland after serving in World War II. In post-war Helsinki,
he makes a name for himself with his homoeroticdrawings of muscular men. Before finding
fame, he finds challenges from his sister and Finnish society due to his art.

Cast[edit]
 Pekka Strang − Touko Laaksonen aka Tom of Finland
 Lauri Tilkanen − Veli (Nipa)
 Jessica Grabowsky − Kaija Laaksonen
 Taisto Oksanen − Alijoki
 Seumas Sargent − Doug
 Jakob Oftebro − Jack
 Troy T. Scott − Tom's man
 Werner Daehn − Müller
 Þorsteinn Bachmann − Editor of the Physique Pictorial Office

Reception[edit]
Awards[edit]
At the 2016 Finnish Film Affair (a "work-in-progress forum" running alongside the Helsinki
International Film Festival), Tom of Finland shared the Best Pitch prize, splitting the award
money with Post Punk Disorder.[9][10]
At the 2017 Göteborg Film Festival, the film won the Fipresci Award.[11][12]

Critical reception[edit]
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.[13] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted
average score of 56 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[14]
See also[edit]
 List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
 List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film