A decorated officer, touko Laaksonen, returns home after a epic and harrowing experience but lifetime in Finland throughout peacetime proves debilitating. He discovers Helsinki rampant with persecution around him even being forced to marry women and have children of the homosexual and men. Touko finds refuge from his inaugural art, specialising in drawings of men, free of inhibitions. His job -- made famous with his signature'Tom of Finland' -- became the logo of a creation of people fanned the fires of a revolution that was gay.