A surprise sighting of a Tom of Finland doll in a store window triggers a kind of sexual "awakening" in the sleeping dreams of an elderly man. This seriocomic (and bittersweet) short offers an engaging account of how sexuality remains fluid and dynamic at every age. The basic gimmick is that each of the central characters dreams about "Tom" is interrupted -- first by a friend knocking on the door, then by the characters widow making her own surprise appearance in his dream, and finally by a lamp falling on his head. All told, the film presents a fascinating interpretation of how internalized judgment/homophobia intervenes in the expression of our innermost desires. An amusing, complex short about the lifelong dynamism of erotic desire
