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

There's no beauty without the wound

A melancholic, intimate portrait of a doomed love affair between an artist and a working-class man, exploring beauty, desire, and the destructive forces that unravel their bond.

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.