A Poet · reception & legacy
2025 · Simón Mesa Soto
How A Poet has been received, argued over, and remembered.
The arc
Premiered quietly in Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2025 and walked off with the Jury Prize — then kept snowballing all year, sweeping festival awards (San Sebastián's Horizontes Latinos, El Gouna, Melbourne) and becoming the top-grossing Colombian film of 2025 at home.
What's debated
The fun tension among fans: is it a loving tribute to poetry or a brutal roast of it — a film that mocks the 'suffering artist' myth while clearly being made by one?
Its footprint
It became 2025's word-of-mouth pick for anyone who's ever failed at an artistic life — the sad-poet-in-Medellín tragicomedy that critics kept calling one of the best-reviewed films of the year.
Where it stands
A fast-rising festival darling turned Letterboxd hidden gem — Colombia's Oscar submission and the kind of film cinephiles push on friends with 'trust me.'