Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Ratings:
6.0 (TMDb)
Released:
1998-09-16
Runtime:
1h 32m
Genres:
Drama
Countries:
United Kingdom, France, Japan
Director:
John Maybury
Actors:
Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton, Adrian Scarborough, Karl Johnson, Annabel Brooks, Ulla Larson-Styles
Synopsis
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.