Simón Mesa Soto returns Kanes with his second film“A poet (A poet) ” – And this time at the Croiset is the personal. Soto, who previously won the short film Palme d’Or with his short film” Leidi “before making his feature debut with” Amparo “during Critics Week 2021, quoted” Un poeta “(in his press note) as his biggest statement as an artist. Under the UN consideration Section at Cannes 2025; It was announced As a later addition to the festival, along with Kristen Stewart’s catalog debut “The Chronology of Water” and Pedro Pinhos “The Laughter and the Knife (Le Rire et le Couteau).
“Un Poeta” is a satirical drama that is about fighting the poet Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios), whose obsession with poetry art has lost as he approaches middle age and has “taken him no glory” professionally. The official synopsis reads: “Aging and unpredictable, he has undergone the poet’s cliché in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade), a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her grow her talent gives some light to his days. But to pull her into the world by poets may not be the way.”
Guillermo Cardona, Allison Correa, Margarita Soto and Humberto Restrepo also play. The function was filmed in Medellín with a role that largely consists of non-professional. Juan Sarmiento is the head of photography, with soot writing and directing. This is Colombian filmmaker Soto’s first film since he won the Cannes Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award four years earlier with “Amparo.”
“Un poeta” is produced by Soto, Juan Sarmiento G. and Manuel Ruiz Montealegre. Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Heino Deckert and Kristina Börjeson co -produced.
“It’s the most personal project I’ve ever done,” Soto said in a press release. “It started with an intimate question: What if I failed art? To make movies in Colombia is extremely difficult, and after my first feature I considered giving up. I imagined myself at 50, to live as a teacher – which is actually still how I pay the bills – and survived on idealized memories from a previous life in art. But it is also an industry, even when it is independent cinema, for example, there is a market that dictates what the audience expects to see: Some designs repeat, especially in Latin American cinemas.
“A Poet” is a last and dinner -time production production production from Colombia. The co -production companies are May Fiction, ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with Art (Germany), Moment Film and Film in the West (Sweden).
“FN Poeta” premieres at Cannes UN some consideration. Luxbox handles world sales. Check out the trailer, an indieviewer exclusive, below.
