Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
6.0199892 min
Drama
"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.
Top Cast
Derek Jacobi as Francis Bacon,Daniel Craig as George Dyer,Tilda Swinton as Muriel Belcher,Anne Lambton as Isabel Rawsthorne,Adrian Scarborough as Daniel Farson,Karl Johnson as John Deakin,Annabel Brooks as Henrietta Moreas,Ulla Larson-Styles as Parisian Art World
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Production
BBC FilmBFIArts Council of EnglandPremière Heure