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

Synopsis

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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When & where

Streaming on

• Strand Releasing Amazon Channel↗
• BFI Player Amazon Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Derek Jacobi
  as Francis Bacon
• 
  Daniel Craig
  as George Dyer
• 
  Tilda Swinton
  as Muriel Belcher
• 
  Anne Lambton
  as Isabel Rawsthorne
• 
  Adrian Scarborough
  as Daniel Farson
• 
  Karl Johnson
  as John Deakin

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