May 1937. The Civil War continues its bloody course in Spain, but also far from the battlefields it is fought in the shadows. A double mission takes Lorenzo Falc? to Paris with the aim of trying, in any way possible, that Guernicathat Pablo Picasso is painting may never arrive at the Universal Exhibition where the Republic tries to get international support. Although the winds of the new war that will devastate the continent are already being guessed...

"Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists -- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a new beginning, a break that led onto new creative...