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

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

"There's no beauty without the wound"

1998

1h 32m

6.0(67 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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120 members

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Derek Jacobi

Francis Bacon

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Daniel Craig

George Dyer

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Tilda Swinton

Muriel Belcher

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Anne Lambton

Isabel Rawsthorne

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Adrian Scarborough

Daniel Farson

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Karl Johnson

John Deakin

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Annabel Brooks

Henrietta Moreas

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Ulla Larson-Styles

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Anita Pallenberg

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Mark Umbers

PC Denham

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Richard Newbould

Blonde Billy

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Ariel de Ravenel

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Tallulah

Ian Board

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Andy Linden

Ken Bidwell

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David Kennedy

Joe Furneval

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Gary Hume

Volker Dix

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Damian Dibben

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Antony Cotton

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Anthony Ryding

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Christian Martin

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Ray Olley

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Wesley Morgan

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Nigel Travis

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Eddie Kerr

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George Clarke

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David Windle

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William Hoyland

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Hamish Bowles

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Jibby Beane

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Gentuca Bini

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James Birch

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Tim Burke

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Liz Clarke

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Jemima Cotter

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Fiona Daly

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John Dunbar

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Victoria Fernandez

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Natalie Gibson

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Caroline Hardy

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Charlie Hayward

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Miles Johnson

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Kate St. Johnston

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Alistair Mathieson

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Chiara Menage

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Gregor Muir

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Francesco Vezzoli

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Thalia Valeta

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Gillian Young

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Maria Björnson

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Judy Blame

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John Byrne

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Les Child

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Jake Dodds

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Daniel Farson

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Sandy Fawkes

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David Harrison

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Malcolm Key

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Steven Linard

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Alan MacDonald

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Norman Rosenthal

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Thomasina Smith

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Yolanda Sonnabend

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Annie Symons

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David Symons

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Sue Tilley

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Virginia Wetherell

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Winford

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Michael Wojas

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Roger Bowdler

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Duggie Fields

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Pam Hogg

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Ben Martin

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Amanda Menage

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William Middleton

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Christina Moore

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Elspeth Thompson

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Tutu

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Susie Bick

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Lucy Ferry

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Simon Goldberg

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David Harvey

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Rifat Ozbek

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Jimmy Trindy

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Andy Walsh

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Gaby Agis

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Melanie Arnold

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Matt Cogger

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Angus Fairhurst

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Georgie Hopton

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Marco Jackson

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Sarah Lucas

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Jean Mortimore

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Lance Patterson

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Johnnie Shand Kydd

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Josephine Soughan

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Dave Baby

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Andrew Coltrane

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Daniele Minns

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Tracey Emin

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Caron Geary

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Sam Hawkins

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Darren King

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Donald McInnes

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Martin Meister

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Gillian Wearing

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Jonathan Williams

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April

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Piers Feltham

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Sam Jilkes

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Nick Mortimore

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Alan Percy

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