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

87 minutes • 1998 • 6.5

The artist Francis Bacon surprises a burglar with an invitation for sex. Just as surprisingly, the young thief says yes. This is how the relationship between Bacon and the working-class man George Dyer begins. Love is the Devil depicts Francis Bacon's love life in the 60s. With Derek Jacobi (Gosford Park, I, Claudius), Daniel Craig (Knives Out, James Bond) and Tilda Swinton (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Orlando).