Simón Mesa Soto — Director (4)

Movie

A Poet (2025)
Un Poeta
★ 7.9 24 ratings
other title: 诗人 / Un Poeta …
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.

Movie

Madre (2016)
Madre Douban
other title: 母亲 / Mother
16 year-old Andrea leaves her neighborhood in the hills of Medellin to attend a downtown casting call for a porno film.

Movie

Amparo (2021)
Amparo Douban
西蒙·梅萨·索托 actor: 桑德拉·梅丽莎·托雷斯 / 迭戈·亚历桑德罗·托本 …
other title: 黑夜结束之前(台) / 安帕罗
In 1998, single mother Amparo races to save her teenage son after is he drafted and deployed by the Colombian army.

Movie

Leidi (2014)
Leidi Douban
other title: 莱迪
Leidi lives with her mom and her baby. Her boyfriend, Alexis, hasn't shown up in days. That sunny morning, after she bathed her baby, Leidi was sent by her mother to buy plantains. She meets a guy that tells her he has seen Alexis with another girl. She forgets about bringing home the plantains and embarks on a journey to find him. Leidi won't return home until she finds the father of her child.