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

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998

Directed by John Maybury

There's no beauty without the wound

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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Derek Jacobi - Francis BaconDaniel Craig - George DyerTilda Swinton - Muriel BelcherAnne Lambton - Isabel RawsthorneAdrian Scarborough - Daniel FarsonKarl Johnson - John DeakinAnnabel Brooks - Henrietta MoreasUlla Larson-Styles - Parisian Art WorldAnita Pallenberg - CasinoMark Umbers - PC Denham
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