Tom of Finland (film)
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Directed by | Dome Karukoski |
Screenplay by | Aleksi Bardy |
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Edited by | Harri Ylönen |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
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Budget | €3.8 million[3] |
Box office | $1.4 million[4][5] |
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]
Premise[]
Touko Laaksonen 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[]
- Pekka Strang − Touko Laaksonen aka Tom of Finland
- Lauri Tilkanen − Veli (Nipa)
- Jessica Grabowsky − Kaija Laaksonen
- − Alijoki
- − Doug
- Jakob Oftebro − Jack
- Troy T. Scott − Tom's man
- Werner Daehn − Müller
- Þorsteinn Bachmann − Editor of the Physique Pictorial Office
Reception[]
Awards[]
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 .[9][10]
At the 2017 Göteborg Film Festival, the film won the Fipresci Award.[11][12]
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.[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[]
- 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
References[]
- ^ Guy Lodge (11 February 2017). "Film Review: 'Tom of Finland'". Variety.
- ^ "Tom of Finland". Göteborg Film Festival. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Karukoski Announces Tom Of Finland Cast In Berlin". Nordic Drama. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Tom of Finland". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Tom of Finland". The Numbers. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (15 September 2016). "Protagonist, Helsinki Filmi Unveil 'Tom of Finland' Teaser". Variety. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Tom of Finland valittiin Suomen Oscar-ehdokkaaksi". Kaleva. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Tom of Finland film to vie for foreign-language Oscar nomination". YLE. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ Elsa Keslassy (22 September 2016). "'Post Punk Disorder,' 'Tom of Finland' Scoop Finnish Film Affair Awards". Variety.
- ^ Kaleem Aftab (23 September 2016). "Finnish Film Affair: 'Tom Of Finland', 'Punk Syndrome' split Best Pitch prize". Screen Daily.
- ^ Alissa Simon (4 February 2017). "'Sámi Blood' Tops 40th Goteborg Film Festival". Variety.
- ^ "Here are the Dragon Award winners" (Press release). Göteborg Film Festival. 4 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Tom of Finland (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Tom of Finland Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
External links[]
- Official website (in Finnish)
- Official website
- Tom of Finland at IMDb
- 2017 films
- 2017 biographical drama films
- 2017 LGBT-related films
- Biographical films about artists
- Films directed by Dome Karukoski
- Finnish biographical drama films
- Finnish films
- English-language Finnish films
- Finnish LGBT-related films
- LGBT-related drama films
- Films about comics
- Cultural depictions of cartoonists
- Films set in Helsinki
- Films shot in Finland
- Films set in the 1940s
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films scored by Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Gay-related films
- 2017 drama films
- Biographical films about LGBT people