Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry has brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days. But dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way.
- Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize
Simón Mesa Soto is a Colombian director, screenwriter and producer. He studied Audiovisual Communication at the University of Antioquia and later pursued a Master's degree at the London Film School. His thesis film, "Leidi", won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival 2014. With his next short film, "Mother", he was again selected in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival 2016. Both short films were widely screened at festivals around the world. "Amparo", his first feature film, premiered at the Cannes Critics' Week 2021, where she won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award. The film has toured more than fifty film festivals around the world and has won awards in Havana, Chicago, Lima and Punta del Este, among other festivals. "Amparo" was the big winner of the Colombian Film Academy's Macondo Awards 2022, winning seven awards including Best Director and Best Film. "Un Poeta" is his second feature film.
- A Poet – 2025 – Feature film
- Amparo – 2021 – Feature film
- Mother – 2016 – Short film
- Leidi – 2014 – Short film
Ubeimar Rios
Rebeca Andrade
Guillermo Cardona
Allison Correa
Margarita Soto
Humberto Restrepo
Screenwriter: Simón Mesa Soto
DOP: Juan Sarmiento G., ADFC, BVK
Art director: Camila Agudelo
Editor: Ricardo Saravia
Sound: Eloisa Arcila, Ted Krotkiewski
Original Music: Matti Bye, Trio Ramberget
Producers: Juan Sarmiento G., Manuel Ruiz Montealegre, Simón Mesa Soto
Production: Ocúltimo, Medio de Contención Producciones
Co-Producers: Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Heino Deckert, Kristina Börjeson
Co-production: Majade Fiction, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, ARTE, Momento Film, Film i Väst
World Sales: Luxbox
