Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. This Un Certain Regard jury prize winner is a darkly humorous, cautionary character study in letting one’s long-lost creative dreams drive every decision––one in which Soto, more often than not, finds empathy as his protagonist circles the drain. Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade), one of his students, shows a way with both words and art, leading Restrepo to take her under his wing. In what miraculously is his first acting credit, Rios gives a phenomenal performance, wearing decades of regret on his weathered, bespectacled face. This kind of unscrupulous character study may test the patience of anyone wondering the point of watching this sad sack fall deeper into his self-made hole, and certain stretches suggest slightly extended repetitions of what came before.