Film
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
United Kingdom · France · Japan- Age rating
- 15+
- Director
- John Maybury
- Year
- 1998
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.
Top 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
Annabel Brooks
Henrietta Moreas
Ulla Larson-Styles
Parisian Art World
Anita Pallenberg
Casino
Mark Umbers
PC Denham
Richard Newbould
Blonde Billy
Ariel de Ravenel
French Official
Tallulah
Ian Board
Andy Linden
Ken Bidwell
David Kennedy
Joe Furneval
Gary Hume
Volker Dix
Damian Dibben
Brighton Rent Boys
Antony Cotton
Brighton Rent Boys
Directed by
John Maybury
Written by
John Maybury
Produced by
Chiara Menage
