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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

Film · 1998 · 92 min · Drama

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.

Directed by John Maybury

Starring Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton, Adrian Scarborough, Karl Johnson, Annabel Brooks, Ulla Larson-Styles

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In cinemas16 September 1998
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First release anywhere16 September 1998

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