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Colombia Takes Center Stage at Cannes, led by Simón Mesa Soto’s ‘A Poet’ in Un Certain Regard
Colombia has a robust presence in Cannes this year, starting with Un Certain Regard entry ‘A Poet’ by Simón Mesa Soto.
Inspired by people in his life, the initial idea was to write and direct a freer, unrestrained kind of film, he says, adding: “I was drawn to comedy because I wanted to reconnect with the joy of filmmaking—to enjoy the process again. In it, the couple Miquelina, Josep, and later their son Pattet, filmed their daily lives, aiming only to preserve memories—yet their footage unwittingly captures the soul of 20th-century Spain: life under Franco, the quiet shift to democracy and a family’s evolving hopes, contradictions and dreams through a passing camera. In this VR experience produced by Cassette for Timescapes, Tarantula and Studio Biarritz, Mazatec sisters Jocelynne and Jaquelyne recall their shaman grandmother’s ancestral wisdom amid Oaxaca’s sacred mountains.
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