"Picasso: Chapter Two" is the second episode in the second season of Genius. It is the twelfth episode overall.
Plot Summary[]
After Pablo learns of Guernica, an ancient town in the Basque Country which was destroyed by the Nazis, he paints a mural of the same name depicting the carnage. It is shown in the Spanish Pavilion at the Universal Exposition. It is critiqued by inspiring French painter, Françoise Gilot who catches Pablo's eye, especially when his current muse, Dora Maar doesn't inspire him to pick up a paintbrush anymore.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso
- Clémence Poésy as Françoise Gilot
- Alex Rich as Young Pablo Picasso
- Samantha Colley as Dora Maar
Guest Starring[]
- Poppy Delevingne as Marie-Thérèse Walter
- Robert Sheehan as Carles Casagemas
- Johnny Flynn as Alain Cuny
- Jordi Mollà as Dr. Salvador Ruiz
- Charlie Carrick as Manuel Pallarès
- Sebastian Roché as Emile Gilot
- Alex Hassell as Manach
- Adrian Schiller as Jaime Sabartés
- Bruno Paviot as Marcel
- Stéphane Caillard as Geneviève Aliquot
- Emma Appleton as Germaine
- Lucy Russell as Madeleine Renoult-Gilot