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1998
  • Drama

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

There's no beauty without the wound
Runtime
1h 32m
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  • GB
  • United Kingdom
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Languages
  • en
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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John Maybury
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Cast
Derek Jacobi
Francis Bacon
Daniel Craig
George Dyer
Tilda Swinton
Muriel Belcher
Adrian Scarborough
Daniel Farson
Karl Johnson
John Deakin
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Sept. 16, 1998
  • Original Language
    English
  • Production Companies
    • BBC Films

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