Contributor: Erkki Kanto

Tove is a Finnish biographical film from the Swedo-Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomins. The film is directed by Zaida Berghroth and written by Eeva Putro. The film’s title character, Tove is played by a mesmerizing Alma Pöysti and centers on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships and the creation of the popular Moomin books. The Moomins with their hippo-like silhouettes are beloved cartoon characters familiar to readers around the globe. The film talks about the formative years when Tove wrote her first Moomin books, fell in love with a woman for the first time and got the first glimpses of the worldwide fame that the Moomins would bring her.

normal”>Tove is her fifth feature-length drama and she had a strong desire to bring the beloved artist closer to viewers. “I aim to make the film as rugged, energetic and intimate as possible. The beloved Tove Jansson we know with the flower crown has been so distant in my imagination, and lifted on such a high pedestal, that this is my way to draw her closer.”