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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
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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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
Details
- Director
- John Maybury
- Released
- September 16, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- BBC Film, BFI and Arts Council of England
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.1 / 10 from 74 votes
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