Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

There's no beauty without the wound

★ 6.1 1h 32m Drama

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.

Director

John Maybury

Cast

Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton, Adrian Scarborough, Karl Johnson, Annabel Brooks, Ulla Larson-Styles

Country

United Kingdom / France / Japan

Released

September 16, 1998