Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

Name: Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Rating: 6.0

There's no beauty without the wound

Not Rated Drama

Starring: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton, Adrian Scarborough

Writer: John Maybury

Release Date:
September 16, 1998

Ratings:
6.0 / 10

Director:
John Maybury

Companies:
BBC Film

Overview

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.

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