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

1998 6.0 (66 votes) 1h 32m

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BBC Film
BFI
Arts Council of England
Première Heure
Uplink
Partners In Crime Films

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

There's no beauty without the wound

Overview

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.