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Jean-Arneau Filtness
Visual Artist - Film director
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Jean-Arneau Filtness
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HEAVEN OF MARS
Feature movie
2022
It took me five years to read and study Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. I never thought about making a screen adaptation of this literary masterpiece until I met the Italian comedian Zelia Pelacani Catalano: Zelia simply was Beatrice, with this vital casting decision in place I began conceptualising the film.
Duration: 83 minutes
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A STUDIO MARBEAU PRODUCTION
HEAVEN OF MARS
Dante’s Divine Comedy from the point of view of Beatrice
FILM INFORMATION
Directed by: Jean-Arneau Filtness
Written by: Jean-Arneau Filtness
Music: Niels Mestre
Based on: Dante’s Divine Comedy
Produced by: Jean-Arneau Filtness - STUDIO MARBEAU PRODUCTION
Duration: 83 minutes
Picture / aspect ratio: Digital Vidéo 1:77 (25fps)
Country: France
Original language: ancient Italian
Subtitles: English (FR and IT versions available)
CAST
Beatrice: Zelia Pelacani Catalano
Dante, Cacciaguida: Benjamin Balthazar Lebigre
Matilda: Emanuela Luongo
Virgil: Salvatore Spada
Saint Bernard: Doru Melega
with the participation of Anne-Marie Boisvert (Choreography and performance - Beatrice’s arrival and departure
SYNOPSIS
> Dante’s Divine Comedy from the point of view of Beatrice.
How Dante, by the grace of Beatrice, will travel through all of Hell, Purgatory and Heaven where he will encounter the Supreme Being.
During this extraordinary journey, in the fifth celestial sphere of Heaven (HEAVEN OF MARS), Dante is assigned by his ancestor Cacciaguida to a prophetic mission.
Reveal to humankind the ultimate goal:
Salvation’s triumph over the contemporary reality of the power struggle between worldly and religious leaders.
Beatrice convinces Dante to manifest his vision utterly.
Dante becomes a prophet aimed to save humankind.
CREDITS
Director: Jean-Arneau Filtness
Scriptwriter: Jean-Arneau Filtness based on Dante’s Divine Comedy
Music: Niels Mestre
Additional music: Minuscule Vacarme (Christine Marcoux - Doru Melega)
Cinematographer: Jean-Arneau Filtness
Editor: Jean-Arneau Filtness
Sound design: Jean-Arneau Filtness
Additional sound design: Manon Houssin (Beatrice’s arrival)
Sound mixing: Sonambule
Sound recording: Élodie Thévenin
Script: Arnaud Ricou
Logo creation: Akiko Gharbi & Jean-Arneau Filtness
Poster creation: Catherine Barluet & Jean-Arneau Filtness Producer Jean-Arneau Filtness - STUDIO MARBEAU PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
It took me five years to read and study Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy.
I never thought about making a screen adaptation of this literary masterpiece until I met the Italian comedian Zelia Pelacani Catalano: Zelia simply was Beatrice, with this vital casting decision in place I began conceptualising the film.
The project HEAVEN OF MARS was born: adapting The Divine Comedy in its marvelous ancient Italian language, and above all else from the point of view of Beatrice…
For nine months, Zelia and I, along with Benjamin Balthazar Lebigre (Dante) and Emanuela Luongo (Matilda) tirelessly studied the script to perfect the comedians' lines.
Throughout this process I filmed rehearsals – finding the most fitting camera angles and shots – for the final shoot.
Such a long-term process has led us to a finer scenario that I originally envisaged.
I managed the editing myself. Settling on a retro-futuristic look which imposed itself during post-production.
HEAVEN OF MARS is my first feature film: produced, written, directed, shot, and edited in France.
Musician Niels Mestre composed the original soundtrack.
INTERVIEW FESTIVAL DANTESCO, ROMA
Author conversations
Jean-Arneau Filtness, Heaven of Mars
presented by Paolo Pasquini (President of Xenia and Director of the Festival Dantesco) with the participation of Zelia Pelacani Catalano
(Beatrice) and Benjamin Balthazar Lebigre (Dante Cacciaguida).
The Festival Dantesco (Roma, Italy) is sponsored by the Dante Alighieri Society and benefits from the patronage and contribution of the National Committee for the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, created by the italian “Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Activities”.
#LineaDante 2021 / 4 - "Cielo di Marte", di Jean-Arneau Filtness
