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

There's no beauty without the wound

Movie · Drama · 1h 32m · Rated 6.1/10 on TMDB · Released September 16, 1998

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.

Directed by John Maybury

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
• Anita Pallenberg as Casino
• Mark Umbers as PC Denham
• Richard Newbould as Blonde Billy
• Ariel de Ravenel as French Official

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