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Tom of Finland

Touko Laaksonen is a decorated officer who returns to Finland after an harrowing, heroic service in World War II. However, life during peacetime in Finland proves just as difficult. In peacetime Helsinki, he finds homosexuality rampant. He is even forced to have children and marry women. Touko seeks refuge in his freeing art. He specializes in the homoerotic drawing of muscular men. His famous signature, “Tom of Finland”, became the symbol of an entire generation and ignited the fires of gay liberation. –Helsinki-filmi