This film will be shown at Zeitgeist Zinema 2 in downtown Duluth (222 E Superior St).

“Tove” is a biography film that introduces the creator of the Moomins and the times in which the books were first composed.

“Tove” [ˈtuːve] is a 2020 Finnish biographical film about the Swedish-speaking Finnish author and artist, Tove Jansson, the creater of the Moomins. The film follows her early life from the end of World War II to the mid-1950s. The film enables people to meet the author and see the world within which the Moomins were first created as fiction, seemingly for children but, in fact, for adults as well.

The film was Finland’s 2020 entry for the Oscars.