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Epicentre Takes French Rights for Simón Mesa Soto’s ‘A Poet’ Ahead of Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
French distribution rights for Simón Mesa Soto’s “A Poet” have been sold to Epicentre Films ahead of the film’s world premiere at Cannes.
Epicentre’s Daniel Chabannes and Corentin Sénéchal said: “ ‘A Poet’ was an instant ‘coup de coeur’ for us! Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days. “A Poet” is Mesa Soto’s second feature film after “Amparo,” which was presented in Cannes Critics’ Week in 2021 and won the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award for the actor Sandra Melissa Torres.
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