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

Drama | 1998-09-16 | United Kingdom

6.0 / 10

92 min.

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.

BBC Film