Screening at Cinema Bad Saarow

When the young artist Tove Jansson invents the Moomins in Helsinki in 1945, she is in the midst of a crisis of meaning: she has an open relationship with the left-wing politician Atos and is wildly in love with the exciting theater director Vivica. Tove's father, a renowned sculptor, views her work with disdain. And she herself would also prefer to succeed with modern art. But her stories of the troll creatures with bulbous noses, which she draws on the side, are printed in series by a newspaper - and make Tove rich and famous in no time. But is this the freedom she has always longed for? TOVE tells the story of the exciting life of Finland's most famous author and illustrator, whose groundbreaking work has enchanted generations of children and adults alike and celebrates her courage and independence.