A washed-up poet gets one more shot at meaning when a gifted teenager wanders into his orbit in "A Poet," Simón Mesa Soto's 2025 comedy-drama out of Colombia.
What is A Poet about?
Oscar hasn't published anything worth remembering in years, and he knows it. Unemployed, drinking too much, and camped out in a relative's spare room, he spends his days shuffling through Medellín muttering about a literary scene that moved on without him. He's become the exact cliché he used to mock: the tortured artist with nothing left to show for the torture. Then a chance to mentor a promising young student lands in his lap, and for the first time in a long while Oscar has something to lose again. The film follows him as he tries, clumsily and often against his own instincts, to be useful to someone else — a task that keeps colliding with his talent for sabotaging his own best chances.
About the cast
Ubeimar Rios anchors the film as Oscar, with Rebeca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona, Alisson Correa, Humberto Restrepo, Margarita Soto, and Hilda Gutíerrez Lodoño filling out the Medellín ensemble around him.
Context & significance
Director Simón Mesa Soto builds the film around the specific texture of Medellín's literary fringe — the readings nobody attends, the reputations built decades ago and never renewed. It's a co-production spanning Colombia, Germany, and Sweden, and it arrives on the strength of festival buzz around Soto's eye for characters who talk themselves into corners. The comedy here is dry and character-driven rather than broad, closer to a slow-burn character study than a punchline machine, and it treats its protagonist's failures with more curiosity than judgment.
Watching A Poet on Ktime
"A Poet" streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so it's fully accessible to Farsi-speaking viewers. Watching requires a free K-Time account login — the film's page itself is open to read for anyone. K-Time's Farsi-first interface makes it easy for the diaspora audience to browse straight to titles like this one.