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Love Is The Devil

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You're not much of a burglar, are you? Come to bed, and you can have whatever you like.

Love Is The Devil Synopsis

John Maybury's dazzling debut feature is an extraordinarily powerful study of the passions that drove one of Britain's greatest and most controversial painters, Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi). The film charts the turbulent and complex relationship that developed between the flamboyant artist and George Dyer (Daniel Craig), the petty thief who became not only Bacon's lover but the model for some of his most intense and celebrated paintings.

Set in the bohemian world of 60's Soho, LOVE IS THE DEVIL perfectly captures the decadent underworld of artists models, East End thugs and the infamous drinking den, The Colony Room, presided over by the hilariously foul-mouthed Muriel Belcher.

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  • Credits
    • Starring:
      Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Anne Lambton, Karl Johnson, Annabel Brooks, Tilda Swinton
    • Director:
      John Maybury
    • Producers:
      Chiara Menage
    • Screenplay:
      John Maybury
    • Executive Producers:
      Takashi Asai, Ben Gibson, Patrice Haddad, Frances-Anne Solomon
    • Distributor
      Artificial Eye
    • Sales Agent:
      Hanway Films
    • Credits summary:
      BBC Films and the British Film Institute in assocation with the Arts Council of England, Premiere Heure and Uplink present a BFI production in association with Partners in Crime and with the assistance of State Films
    • Certificate:
      18
    • Running time:
      90 mins 36 secs
  • Release Dates
    • In Cinemas
      September 18th 1998
    • Out on DVD
      March 27th 2006
    • Released
      September 18th 1998

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