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

★ 6.0/10 92 min Drama United Kingdom, France, Japan English
Director: John Maybury
Screenplay by: John Maybury
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There's no beauty without the wound

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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.

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Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi Francis Bacon
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig George Dyer
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton Muriel Belcher
Anne Lambton
Anne Lambton Isabel Rawsthorne
Adrian Scarborough
Adrian Scarborough Daniel Farson
Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson John Deakin
Annabel Brooks
Annabel Brooks Henrietta Moreas
Ulla Larson-Styles
Ulla Larson-Styles Parisian Art World

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