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  • 2025 | Fiction | 123' | Colombia, Germany, Sweden

A Poet

Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a humble teenager, brings some light to his days, but dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way.
 
"Immensely appealing" – IndieWire
"An effective dark comedy with a heart-trending bookend" – Cineuropa
"A hilarious absurdist fable. A truly unique cinematic experience" – Variety
"A strong performance by Ubeimar Rios" – Screen Daily
"Satisfyingly tragic and hilarious" – Screen Daily
"An ode to the wanderers and to the poetry of misfits" – Les Inrockuptibles
 
Director
Simón Mesa Soto
Production
Ocúltimoin in co-production with Ma.ja.de. Fiction, Momento Film, Film i Väst, ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel in association with ARTE
Funding
FDC Proimagenes, Swedish Film Institute
World Sales
Festivals
Cannes FF 2025 (Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section), Filmfest München 2025

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