Some people just don\u2019t know how to have a good time. In A Poet, the new film from Colombian filmmaker Sim\u00f3n Mesa Soto, first-time actor Ubeimar Rios plays the deeply unemployed and even more deeply middle-aged failure Oscar Restrepo. Oscar lives in the Tim Robbins realm of man-childness, with a very short fuse and a scream-forward style of conflict resolution. Amid bumming money from his elderly parents and offending the poor souls who still put up with him, Oscar meets a talented young writer and finds a little bit of life left to help cultivate her talents. But before that, he ruins everyone\u2019s night at the club. In this exclusive clip from A Poet, Oscar sets his sights on the party pooper hall of fame, and we\u2019d be damned if he didn\u2019t get shortlisted.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the synopsis:<\/p>\n
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 Medell\u00edn in a drunken stupor, lamenting the state of literature in his home country, where he has succumbed to the clich\u00e9 of the tortured artist. However, the opportunity to mentor a young student offers a chance at redemption, if he doesn\u2019t screw it up first. In a performance marked by darkly comic pathos, first-time actor Ubeimar Rios stars in Sim\u00f3n Mesa Soto\u2019s Un Certain Regard Jury Prize-winner A Poet, a raw and riotous farce about how good deeds are often met with the universe\u2019s idea of cruel and unusually poetic punishment.<\/p>\n