Daphne is the directorial debut by Golden-Bear-winning Scottish filmmaker Peter Mackie Burns. Rising star Emily Beecham (Hail Caesar!, AMC’s Into the Badlands), plays the titular role opposite Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, two-time IFTA Best Actor winner for his performance in the hit crime drama Love/Hate.
Daphne is a young woman who is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is not happy. When she saves the life of a shop keeper stabbed in a failed robbery, the impenetrable armour she wears to protect herself begins to crack.