A Poet
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This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Braulio Amado) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
1-2 Special is an independent film distributor, founded in 2025. The company is based in New York.
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 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 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.
directed by: Simón Mesa Soto
starring: Ubeimar Rios, Rebeca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona
2025 / 123 min / 1.66:1 / Spanish DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary from Director Simón Mesa Soto
- Booklet with new writing by film critic Siddhant Adlakha
- English subtitles
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A Poet
2026 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Braulio Amado) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
1-2 Special is an independent film distributor, founded in 2025. The company is based in New York.
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 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 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.
directed by: Simón Mesa Soto
starring: Ubeimar Rios, Rebeca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona
2025 / 123 min / 1.66:1 / Spanish DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary from Director Simón Mesa Soto
- Booklet with new writing by film critic Siddhant Adlakha
- English subtitles
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2026 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing.
This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Braulio Amado) is limited to 500 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
1-2 Special is an independent film distributor, founded in 2025. The company is based in New York.
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 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 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.
directed by: Simón Mesa Soto
starring: Ubeimar Rios, Rebeca Andrade, Guillermo Cardona
2025 / 123 min / 1.66:1 / Spanish DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Commentary from Director Simón Mesa Soto
- Booklet with new writing by film critic Siddhant Adlakha
- English subtitles
