Dome Karukoski directs Pekka Strang, Seumas Sargent and Chris Myland in this trad biopic about the life and art of Touko Laaksonen, a Finnish homoerotic artist who glorified beefcakes in leather and uniforms.

A fascinating figure in gay culture and outsider art is given a bog standard biopic. I learnt but I didn’t love.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

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