“This is the story of a man ahead of his time, bravely standing up against a world virulently against his right to be who he was – a homosexual man with homosexual fantasies.” – Dome Karukoski
Touko Laaksonen, en dekoreret soldat vender hjem efter foruroligende og heltemodige oplevelser, hvor han tjente sig land under 2. verdenskrig, men Finland under fredstiden viser sig at være mindst ligeså rystende.