: It explores the "closet culture" of mid-20th century Finland, where homosexuality was criminalized . The author discusses how the film uses the specific tensions of that era—fear of persecution balanced against the secret thrill of the underground—to explain the origins of Tom's transgressive art.
In 2017, the life of Touko Laaksonen was brought to the global stage through the biographical drama Tom of Finland tom of finland -2017-
This is the story of Tom of Finland in 2017. : It explores the "closet culture" of mid-20th