'Mars et Avril' is a sci-fi fantasy set in a futuristic Montreal. With the first manned mission to Mars as its backdrop, 'Mars et Avril' follows three musical geniuses: Jacob Obus (Jacques Languirand), an aging jazz musician and legendary lothario; Eugene Spaak (veteran film and theatre director Robert Lepage), a late technological wizard who lives on in a cybernetic body; and Arthur (Paul Ahmarani), who builds instruments modeled after female bodies. Each of the three finds their lives altered by the appearance of the gorgeous young photographer, Avril.—Brenda Lieberman