Movie

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

★ 6.1/10 · 74 votes 1998 1h 32m Released

Drama

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.

Cast

Derek Jacobi Francis Bacon Daniel Craig George Dyer Tilda Swinton Muriel Belcher Anne Lambton Isabel Rawsthorne Adrian Scarborough Daniel Farson Karl Johnson John Deakin