Tove

Name: Tove
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: June 4, 2021
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Alma Pöysti, Eeva Putro, Jakob Öhrman, Joanna Haartti, Kajsa Ernst

2021

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| Release Date: June 4, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alma Pöysti, Eeva Putro, Jakob Öhrman, Joanna Haartti, Kajsa Ernst, Krista Kosonen, Liisi Tandefelt, Robert Enckell, Shanti Roney, Wilhelm Enckell

Summary: Set from 1944 to 1956, the Swedish-language film shows how painter Tove Jansson finds worldwide success from an unexpected side project, in the midst of artistic struggles and an unconventional personal life.

Director: Zaida Bergroth

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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Allan Hunter

Dec 17, 2020

Tove has great charm, craft and a warming glow. Read full review

Alissa Simon

Dec 17, 2020

Marking her fifth feature, Bergroth flexes her considerable cinematic powers, conjuring vibrantly expressive visuals and confident performances from her talented cast, especially the petite theater thesp Pöysti, who excels in her first leading film role and strongly resembles the real Tove. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Jun 1, 2021

Poysti’s subtle, layered performance conveys Tove’s complex dilemma with sweetness and pain. This is a portrait not of a lady on fire, but of a woman struggling to strike the match. Read full review

Empire Liz Beardsworth

Jul 9, 2021

A solid if slight look at the quicksilver, complex character behind one of children’s literature’s most beloved creations. Read full review

Simran Hans

Jul 11, 2021

Alma Pöysti is luminous as Jansson, bringing to life her playful, pleasure-seeking artist’s spirit. Read full review

Tara Brady

Jul 9, 2021

This is a rather conventional artist’s biopic for an unconventional person and it’s a film that ends as suddenly (and frustratingly) as it begins. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

Jun 3, 2021

The soft-focus cinematography is beautiful but drippy, and this general tendency toward mushy melodramatics presents an unflattering contrast to the sharp-lined vivacity that Jansson brought to the page. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Jun 26, 2022

This is a quirky, insightful biopic about the life of an intriguing person - writer and artist/cartoonist Tove Jansson. I was a fan of the Moomins as a kid - I remember watching the cartoon show on CBBC and so this film appealed to me, as I knew little about the creator. I could certainlyThis is a quirky, insightful biopic about the life of an intriguing person - writer and artist/cartoonist Tove Jansson. I was a fan of the Moomins as a kid - I remember watching the cartoon show on CBBC and so this film appealed to me, as I knew little about the creator. I could certainly understand her wanting a form of escapism from the war, as the characters were invented during WWII it'd seem. The LGBT aspect was also interesting. I thought the main character was portrayed well by Alma Poysti. This is a good film I'd recommend, yes.… Expand

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