卡洛琳·达芙娜 Caroline Dhavernas ....Avril Jacques Languirand ....Jacob Obus Jean Asselin ....Eugène Spaak - corps / Serveur automate Stéphane Demers ....Bernard Brel Jean Marchand ....Pneumatologue Kathleen Fortin ....Modèle d'Arthur Marcel Sabourin ....Capucin André Montmorency ....Pierrot Gabriel Gascon ....Arlequin Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais ....Marsonaute no. 1 Mars et Avril takes place in a Montreal of the future when humanity is ready tomove to Mars. But, not everyone is ready to go. Jacob Obus, a charismatic andbeloved septuagenarian, leader of the anti-cybernetic movement, takes pride inslowing down time. He plays captivating music on instruments inspired by women’sbodies and designed by his friend, Arthur. It’s when Jacob and Arthur aresmitten by Avril, a young and short-winded photographer, that the true nature ofthe old sex symbol is revealed. After making love for the first time in hislife, Jacob is ready to leave for Mars in search of his muse. In the midst ofeverything arrives Eugène Spaak, inventor, cosmologist and Arthur’s father, whomaintains that Mars is only a chimera. 网易公开课《拍摄不可能的电影》,导演也是这本书的作者,讲述了如何以240万美刀完成了这部科幻电影。他三次强调限制激发创造力,也举了三件本不可能做到的事情,如何请到日程已经安排到2042的罗伯特·勒帕吉,如何请到从小时候就崇拜的艺术家来绘制未来之城,而又如何让曾担任《阿凡达》等巨制的特效师放弃斯皮尔伯格的电影来与他合作,他的拍摄本身就充满了奇迹,让人无比期待电影本身。