"Picasso: Chapter Nine" is the ninth episode in the second season of Genius. It is the nineteenth episode overall.
Plot Summary[]
Surrealist writer André Breton includes Pablo in the surrealism movement, but he doesn't want to be labeled. When Pablo feels stuck in his marriage with Olga and her snobbish ways, he seeks out someone new. He sees Marie-Thérèse Walter on the streets of Paris and she agrees to let him paint her, thus starting a love affair. In 1935, Pablo needs an outlet and begins writing poetry. His friend, poet Paul Éluard introduces him to Dora, a photographer. After finding out Pablo has been sneaking off to St. Tropez with his young mistress Geneviève Laporte, Françoise leaves him to pursue her artistic goals by designing a ballet for choreographer Janine Charrat, and becomes more than friends with philosopher Kostas Axelos in 1953.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso
- Clémence Poésy as Françoise Gilot
- Samantha Colley as Dora Maar
Guest Starring[]
- Poppy Delevingne as Marie-Thérèse Walter
- Sofia Doniants as Olga Picasso
- Ed Stoppard as Paul Éluard
- Lucas Englander as Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
- Vincent Londez as André Breton
- Dimitri Leonidas as Kostas Axelos
- Margaux Chatelier as Geneviève Laporte
- Valentina Bellè as Jacqueline Roque
- Anna Savva as Suzanne Ramié
- Athena Strates as Maya Picasso
- Pascale Arbillot as Emilie-Marguerite Walter