Original title:
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
[en]
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
[en]
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.
Genre
Drama
Country
United Kingdom 
Duration
1 hour 32 minutes
Release status
Released
Actors
Francis Bacon
Derek Jacobi
George Dyer
Daniel Craig
Muriel Belcher
Tilda Swinton
Isabel Rawsthorne
Anne Lambton
Daniel Farson
Adrian Scarborough
John Deakin
Karl Johnson
Henrietta Moreas
Annabel Brooks
Ulla Larson-Styles
Maria Björnson
Duggie Fields
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