Simón Mesa Soto returns to Cannes together with his sophomore movie, “Una Poeta (A Poet)” — and this time on the Croisette, it’s private. Soto, who beforehand received the Brief Movie Palme d’Or together with his 2014 quick movie “Leidi” earlier than making his function debut with “Amparo” throughout Critic’s Week in 2021, cited “Una Poeta” (in his press notes) as being his largest assertion as an artist thus far. “Una Poeta” will premiere in the course of the Un Sure Regard part at Cannes 2025; it was introduced as a later addition to the pageant, together with Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut “The Chronology of Water” and Pedro Pinho’s “O Riso e a Faca (Le Rire et le Couteau).”
“Una Poeta” is a satirical drama that facilities on struggling poet Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios), whose obsession with the artwork of poetry has lulled as he nears center age, and has “introduced him no glory” professionally. The official synopsis reads: “Getting old and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet within the shadows. Assembly Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade), a teenage lady from humble roots, and serving to her domesticate her expertise brings some gentle to his days. However dragging her into the world of poets will not be the best way.”
Guillermo Cardona, Allison Correa, Margarita Soto, and Humberto Restrepo additionally star. The function was filmed in Medellín with a solid largely made up of non-professionals. Juan Sarmiento is the director of images, with Soto writing and directing. That is Colombian filmmaker Soto’s first movie since profitable the Cannes Louis Roederer Basis Rising Star Award 4 years prior with “Amparo.”
“Una Poeta” is produced by Soto, Juan Sarmiento G., and Manuel Ruiz Montealegre. Katharina Bergfeld, David Herdies, Michael Krotkiewski, Heino Deckert, and Kristina Börjeson co-produce.
“It’s probably the most private venture I’ve ever made,” Soto stated in a press assertion. “It started with an intimate query: what if I failed at artwork? Making movies in Colombia is extremely tough, and after my first function, I thought-about giving up. I pictured myself at 50, making a residing as a instructor — which, in actual fact, nonetheless how I pay the payments — and surviving on idealized recollections of a previous life in artwork. I additionally wished to discover artwork from the within: what it means to create, the constraints it imposes, the compromises it calls for. Artwork is usually seen as one thing noble, nevertheless it’s additionally an trade, even when it’s impartial. Cinema, for example, there’s a market that dictates what audiences anticipate to see: sure patterns repeat, particularly in Latin American cinema. As an artist, it’s essential to resolve whether or not to cater to this exterior demand or query what really drives you. […] The movie grew out of a type of exhaustion with the equipment of [the industry] and from a longing to make one thing free, unshaped, with a spirit that felt nearly punk.”
“Una Poeta” is a Ocúltimo and Mediode Contención Producciones manufacturing out of Colombia. The co-production firms are Majade Fiction, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel in collaboration with ARTE (Germany), Momento Movie, and Movie i Väst (Sweden).
“Una Poeta” premieres at Cannes Un Sure Regard. Luxbox is dealing with world gross sales. Try the trailer, a IndieWire unique, under.
