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

There's no beauty without the wound

6.1(74)19981h 32m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • new love
  • loss of loved one
  • arts
  • artists' life
  • painter
  • biography
  • lgbt
  • gay theme
  • gay artist

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Behind the camera

Director

John Maybury

Produced in

United Kingdom, France, Japan

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical16 Sept 1998
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Projekt 10020 Jan 2000
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical21 Sept 2006
    • TheatricalRe-release21 Mar 2024
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical23 May 2002

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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon was released on 16 September 1998.

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