a poet (2025) // medellin melancholy // vitriolic verdict

"r e d e m p t i o n  o r  r u i n ."

a cynical collision where the romanticized 'tortured artist' is audited through the lens of a drunken stupor in the streets of medellín. oscar, a failed writer whose life is a literal wreckage of unfulfilled potential, shatters the facade of literary prestige as he wanders the city lamenting his country's creative decay. the terminal hook that redefines this narrative is the mentorship of a young student; what oscar processes as a final burden turns out to be a shock force that forces a collision between his self-destructive past and a desperate, final chance at human connection.