Credits

Director: Simón Mesa Soto

Synopsis

Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a failed writer who has given up on life. Unemployed, he wanders the streets of Medellín in a drunken stupor, lamenting the state of literature in his home country, where he has succumbed to the cliché of the tortured artist. However, the opportunity to mentor a young student offers a chance at redemption, if he doesn’t screw it up first. First-time actor Ubeimar Rios stars in Un Certain Regard Jury Prize-winner A Poet, a hilarious farce about how good deeds are often met with the universe’s idea of cruel and unusual punishment.