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

There's no beauty without the wound

• 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.

Director

John Maybury

Released

16 September 1998

Studio

BBC Film, BFI, Arts Council of England, Première Heure

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