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A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra
Jacqueline Lentzou
North American Premiere
Contemporary suburban Athens becomes the site of astronomical, ethereal beauty in Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou’s audacious film, which glances at the ephemerality of life with humor and poignancy as it charts a consequential day for 15-year-old Jo.
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Country
- Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Year
- 2026
- More information
- Official film page
Screenings
Contemporary suburban Athens becomes the site of astronomical, ethereal beauty in Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou’s audacious follow-up to her feature debut Moon, 66 Questions (New Directors/New Films 2021). Combining the mundane and the cosmic, Lentzou follows one consequential day for 15-year-old Jo—angrily bickering with her mom; falling hard for vocally gifted new friend Phaedra; having a run-in with her divorced dad after school—until a shocking incident occurs that changes the course of her young life. Lentzou then takes the audience and Jo into a final passage that offers a sensory, transitory experience, glancing at the ephemerality of life and the ultimate mysteries of existence with poignancy and humor.
Contemporary suburban Athens becomes the site of astronomical, ethereal beauty in Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou’s audacious follow-up to her feature debut Moon, 66 Questions (New Directors/New Films 2021). Combining the mundane and the cosmic, Lentzou follows one consequential day for 15-year-old Jo—angrily bickering with her mom; falling hard for vocally gifted new friend Phaedra; having a run-in with her divorced dad after school—until a shocking incident occurs that changes the course of her young life. Lentzou then takes the audience and Jo into a final passage that offers a sensory, transitory experience, glancing at the ephemerality of life and the ultimate mysteries of existence with poignancy and humor.