Lentzou's 'Day in the Life of Jo' Wows at NYFF — SkimNews
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- Jacqueline Lentzou writes and directs "A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra," her second feature after "Moon, 66 Questions," inspired by a real incident from her teenage years in Athens
- Evita Andriopoulou stars as Jo, a 10th grader living with her divorced dance-teacher mother (Eleni Vergeti) in a generic Athens suburb
- Anastasia Gouliamou plays Phaedra, a shy classmate who teaches Jo belly breathing and bonds with her over absent fathers before Jo ghosts their planned movie night
- Cinematographer Grimm Vandekerckhove shoots the 82-minute film on 16mm, and Lentzou subtitles it "A Film About Breath, Hands, and Loneliness (and the Lack of Them All)"
- The film screened at the 2026 New York Film Festival, and 1-2 Special will release it theatrically in 2027
- The reviewer compares the film's existential register to Gus van Sant's "Death Trilogy" and notes a cosmic thematic overlap with Sandra Wollner's forthcoming "Everytime"
Why it matters: The review positions Lentzou's 82-minute sophomore feature as a major festival discovery, with the 1-2 Special theatrical rollout in 2027 and the Gus van Sant comparison signaling art-house visibility and potential awards traction following its 2026 New York Film Festival screening.
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