Name: A Poet
Start: 2026-02-20T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-22T15:00:00-05:00
Location: WCUW 91.3

A POET is “a hilarious fable about trying to lead a creative life and failing miserably at making ends meet” - Variety
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About this Event

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.

2 Hr 3 Min