Movie

Day Release (2025)

• May 20, 2025
• 7m

Overview

A portrait by Francis Bacon, normally confined to the walls of an art museum, is granted ‘Day Release’, a rare day of freedom. It chooses to visit its creator’s former haunt—a bar in Soho, London—where it observes how the gay experience has evolved (or hasn’t) since it was painted in the 1950’s.

Director

Joe Murray

Writers

Joe Murray, Beatrice Prutton

Starring

Peter Straker, Melvin St. James