A Poet (Un Poeta)

A bearded man in a striped shirt runs past the camera, captured with strong motion blur. The background streaks horizontally, emphasizing his movement.

Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a failed writer who has given up on life. Unemployed and living with family, he wanders the streets of Medellín in a drunken stupor, lamenting the state of literature in his home country, where he has succumbed to the cliché of the tortured artist. However, the opportunity to mentor a young student named Yurlady offers a chance at redemption — if he doesn’t screw it up first.

In a performance marked by darkly comic pathos, first-time actor Ubeimar Rios stars in Simón Mesa Soto’s Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize-winner A Poet, a raw and riotous farce about how good deeds are often met with the universe’s idea of cruel and unusually poetic punishment.

Free admission! Sponsored by Cine Con Cultura 2026, Ithaca's annual Latinx Heritage Month film festival.

In Spanish with English subtitles. Courtesy: Pragda Spanish Film Club

Cine Con Cultura is organized by Cultura Ithaca! and Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County in collaboration with Ithaca College, Cornell Cinema, and the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell.

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