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A Poet

Dir. Simón Mesa Soto
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  • Sat 8 Nov
    20:30
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
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    15:30
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
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    18:00
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
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A jury prize winner at Cannes Film Festival this year, Colombian director Simón Mesa Soto’s A Poet is an affecting and bitterly funny satire about art and privilege.

In a mesmerising central performance Ubeimar Rios plays Oscar Restrepo, a maladapted middle aged poet who struggles to make ends meet. He takes a teaching job and there he meets the talented working class teenager Yurlady who fills her notebooks with powerful, unaffected poetry. Becoming her champion proves much more difficult than he anticipates.

"Driven by a compelling performance from non-professional Ubeimar Rios as a man out of time, Mesa Soto’s second feature is simultaneously satisfyingly tragic and hilarious." — Jonathan Holland, Screen Daily

A Poet

Director Simón Mesa Soto
Running time 120 mins
Production year 2025
Country Colombia, Germany, Sweden
Language Spanish
Courtesy of Luxbox
Premiere Status UK Premiere

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