Sean Penn returns to the director's chair while also starring with his own daughter Dylan Penn at his side in the trailer for the new true-story thriller Flag Day.
The 60-year-old Sean directs and stars in this film, adapted from Jennifer Vogel's 2005 book Flim-Flam Man: The True Story of My Father's Counterfeit Life.
Penn plays John Vogel, a beloved father who has been hiding his life as a con man, counterfeiter and bank robber from his daughter Jennifer, played by Dylan.
Father: Sean Penn returns to the director's chair while also starring with his own daughter Dylan Penn at his side in the trailer for the new true-story thriller Flag Day
Daughter: Penn plays John Vogel, a beloved father who has been hiding his life as a con man, counterfeiter and bank robber from his daughter Jennifer, played by Dylan
The trailer begins with Jennifer Vogel (Dylan Penn) watching a high-speed chase unfold on TV, with her father John (Sean Penn) running from the law.
'My father lusted after freedom, the kind of freedom most free people never experience,' Jennifer begins as the chase ensues.
Jennifer keeps watching as it's revealed on TV that her father is the, 'second-largest counterfeiter in U.S. history,' adding he printed over $22 million.
Watch: The trailer begins with Jennifer Vogel (Dylan Penn) watching a high-speed chase unfold on TV, with her father John (Sean Penn) running from the law
Freedom: 'My father lusted after freedom, the kind of freedom most free people never experience,' Jennifer begins as the chase ensues
Counterfeiter: Jennifer keeps watching as it's revealed on TV that her father is the, 'second-largest counterfeiter in U.S. history,' adding he printed over $22 million
The trailer then cuts to flashback shots of John, clad in a white tank-top with a cigarette between his fingers, as Jennifer adds John, 'came and went from our lives.'
'He always made me feel part of a bigger world,' as John is seen videotaping his kids.
John is seen kneeling before a young Jennifer saying, 'I love you, baby. You and me, we got the same heart, two peas in a pod.'
Cigarette: The trailer then cuts to flashback shots of John, clad in a white tank-top with a cigarette between his fingers, as Jennifer adds John, 'came and went from our
