Jo is a rock star. A real one. Living proof that you don’t have to top the charts to have true stage presence. Whether she’s performing on stage, speeding down the narrow hallways of the Centre-Sud school in Montreal where she works—expertly maneuvering her industrial floor scrubber—or backstage in the privacy of her home, stretched out on her couch or flipping through an old photo album, Jo captivates us, setting the screen ablaze with her sheer presence.
Young filmmaker Carmen Rachiteanu brings us face to face with this free spirit—a charismatic and proud woman who reveals herself to us in fragments: flashes of self, fiery declarations, silences, and unspoken truths. Behind every sigh, every smile, every hesitation, every downcast glance, a piece of her life—of her lives—is unveiled. Unfulfilled dreams, missed opportunities, wounds we sense run deep, but also joys, victories, and a visceral love for her daughter and for Diane…
This fascinating self-portrait of an (extra)ordinary woman is the best reminder that there is no such thing as a small story; that every story is valid, deserves to be told, expressed, and shared—and that documentary cinema grants us the ultimate privilege of being able to hear it.

Jason Burnham
Tënk editorial manager