“Wonderful Movie”: Rated 3.9 out of 5, this is a must see movie this week!

Selected in the Un Certain Regard section at the recent Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize, A Poet is released in our cinemas this week. Directed by Simon Mesa Soto, this dramatic comedy, directed by Ubeymar Ríos and Rebecca Andrade, was particularly well received by the French press: an average of 3.9 out of 5, it is the best film of the week, What Nature Tells You Next, The Richest Woman in the World, Smashing Machine and On Falling.

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Oscar Restrepo, an unrecognized poet, leads a lonely existence marked by disappointment. His meeting with Yurlady, a working-class teenager with a real talent for writing, will change his life. He encourages her to enter a national poetry competition. But things don’t go as planned…

What does the press think?

According to Liberation:

“With an electric knowledge of the characters, the Colombian director creates a fantastic film that tells the story of the meeting between a depressed teacher and a teenager gifted with poetry.” Try it by Jimmy Battista – 5/5

According to Ouest France:

“From Ubemar Rios, a terrifically charming non-professional actor, this film constantly oscillates between drama and comedy. Quite a poem!” By Pascal Vergero – 5/5

According to L’Obs:

“You won’t soon forget Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Ríos, The City Teacher), his manga face, stooped body and tired gait, as well as this free film, shot in 16mm, the Jury Prize at Cannes in the Undisclosed View category. By Nicolas Schaller – 4/5

According to La Croix:

“The Jury Prize winner at the recent Cannes Film Festival in some ways, this Colombian film is a satire of the microcosm of poetry and a tender portrait of a pure-hearted loser trying to reconnect with his daughter.” By Stephen Dreyfus – 4/5

According to Les Inrockuptibles:

“Colombian film director Simon Mesa Soto’s poet here revives the reign of aesthetics. Author of Mod Tenda – 4/5

According to the positive:

“A funny and sensitive reflection.” By Yannick Lemarie – 4/5

According to aVoir-aLire.com:

“Cynical, charming and wonderfully disturbing, this Colombian tale of a poet struggling to survive is a real pleasant surprise from the Cannes selection.” By Laurent Cambon – 4/5

According to Cahiers du Cinéma:

“Ubeymar Rios, a wonderful non-professional actor who portrays this poet, becomes a kind of burlesque palimpsest, an organ that affirms this culture, especially in its playful relationship between the expression, the professorial cry and the litany of the ‘garage’.” By Elodi Tamayo – 3/5