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“From start to finish, you truly cannot divert your gaze.

She embodies a character who is confident yet vulnerable.

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Dakota Johnson in ‘Daddio’.Jessica Kourkounis

She seamlessly balances between being sexy and foul-mouthed while still maintaining an innocent softness.

“Our cabbie needed to be both deeply charmingandwildly offensive.

That doesn’t mean the film was without its technical challenges, though.

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Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’.Jessica Kourkounis

“It was beyond challenging for all of us,” Hall says.

“But together, we made it.”

And Hall took inspiration from other one-location dramas, includingRear Window,12 Angry Men, andLocke.

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Director of photography Phedon Papamichael and writer/director Christy Hall on the set of ‘Daddio’.Jessica Kourkounis

To allow those cosmic confessionals to reveal themselves right when you need them the most.”

Daddiowill have its international premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson in ‘Daddio’.Jessica Kourkounis