In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, 30 years Bacon's junior, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocence attractive, introducing him to his Soho pals. In their sex life, Dyer dominates, Bacon is the masochist. Dyer's bouts with depression, his drinking and pill popping, and his satanic nightmares strain the relationship, as does his pain with Bacon's casual infidelities. Bacon paints, talks with wit, and, as Dyer spins out of control, begins to find him tiresome. Could Bacon care less?

Starring:

Adrian Scarborough, Andy Linden, Anita Pallenberg, Annabel Brooks, Anne Lambton, Antony Cotton, April, Christian Martin, Christina Moore, Daniel Craig, David Harvey, David Kennedy, Derek Jacobi, George Clarke, James Mitchell, John Dunbar, Karl Johnson, Marjorie Walker, Mark Umbers, Sheena, Susie Bick, Tilda Swinton, Virginia Wetherell, Wesley Morgan, Wi

Genre:

Drama, Biography