Sony Pictures Classics drops the first look teaser for a film titled Daddio, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Christy Hall.
The film premiered at both the 2023 Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals. The New York City drama is set entirely in a taxi cab departing from JFK airport. A young woman jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi, the cabbie throws the vehicle into drive as the two head out into the night toward Manhattan, striking up the most unexpected conversation resulting in a single, epic, remarkable journey.
The film stars Dakota Johnson, and Sean Penn.
Dakota Johnson plays a woman who steps into a New York cab at the airport, driven by a man played by Sean Penn. She's clearly preoccupied and just wants to get home. He's a curbside philosopher. Immediately, he engages her in conversation which starts in small talk then gets bigger, deeper, and riskier as he steers her to her destination.
Daddio is both written and directed by Christy Hall, it's produced by Ro Donnelly, Terry Dougas, Christy Hall, Dakota Johnson, Paris Kassidokostas-Latsis, Emma Tillinger Koskoff.
The makers will confirm the release date soon.
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