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It's September 1911 in Paris, France.

The famous modernist artist Pablo Picasso walks handcuffed into court here to answer for a recent

art theft. As he approaches the questioning box, he looks over to see Guillaume Apollinaire,

a playwright, poet, and member of Pablo's Parisian entourage. Whisper's ripple through the gallery

and quickly Pablo averts his eyes from Guillaume. And he sign that he recognizes his friend could

spell trouble for Pablo. In recent weeks the city has been rocked by scandal.

Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa has been stolen from the Louvre Museum and Guillaume and Pablo

have been accused of being connected to the theft. The pair have been outed of suspects by Guillaume's

former secretary who claims to have stolen artifacts from the Louvre and sold them to Guillaume and

Pablo in the past. The press has since reported the three of them as the prime suspects in the theft

of the Mona Lisa. Though the artists are actually innocent, Pablo and Guillaume both face the

prospect of potential deportation away from their beloved adopted homes in Paris. As the judge calls

for order, Pablo's questioning begins. It's not long before the pressure gets to the artist.

Shaking with nerves, Pablo's testimony becomes contradictory and then nonsensical,

conflicting with both Guillaume's claims and statements that he himself made just moments earlier.

Within minutes he grows so desperate to distance himself from the theft of the Mona Lisa that

declaims not even to no Guillaume. And as Pablo makes this declaration, he sees his friend's

expression morph into one of surprise and hurt and Pablo tries to hide the shame that overtakes him.

In the end, his lie does little to pardon himself anyway. Everyone in the courtroom,

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