IN THE SUMMER OF 1955, American Alfred Hobbs and his new Danish wife Jakobine were living in Casablanca, Morocco, where they discovered a vintage London taxi. Over the next 4 years the couple would drive the old car across the globe, starting with a daring crossing of the Sahara Desert, and ending as near celebrities on TV in Japan, nearly dying several times along the way. Then it was all over - the couple returned home to the US - with the taxi.

Life, however, soon returned to normal and Alfred grew stir crazy, eager for more adventures, so one day, with little warning, he got up and left Jakobine.  She was devastated.

 A chance encounter at a party years later, would forever reconnect them. They ended up sleeping together, Jakobine became pregnant and nine months later their baby boy was born. Alfred Hobbs had a son, but Niels grew up without a father, only learning about this man through bedtime stories his mother told him about their incredible adventures in the old London taxi.

Fifty years later, having lived a life of selfishness and never remarrying, Alfred Hobbs looks out of his window at that deteriorated London taxi, his oldest friend, a symbol of the adventurer he once was and of the marriage he destroyed all those years ago. At 84 years old, Alfred has a plan.

Niels Hobbs receives an email from his estranged father, with a completely unexpected proposal. With the last bit of money that he possesses Alfred explains he wants to bring the taxi back to life, drive it all the way across America from his home in Taos, New Mexico, eastward to find Jakobine and surprise her with “their” taxi - offering her one last ride. But he can’t make it on his own, he needs his son to join him on the quest. It is inconceivable, but Niels agrees without hesitation.

Months later the taxi, in a cloud of smoke, is running for the first time in 50 years. Niels arrives in Taos and with considerable trepidation, the two climb aboard and are off.

It isn’t long before the old taxi fails again, and again. If it weren’t for the kindness of strangers, enchanted by this old car and where it is heading, they would never be able to keep it moving. As they drive we learn about the grand adventures from this taxi’s first great road trip. Niels explores the stories he knew as a child and in the process hopefully gets to know this man, his father, better - while unraveling his motivations for this eccentric journey.

How will Jakobine react to this surprise from the man she has never completely forgiven? After weeks on the road, completely exhausted from the severe challenges of their endeavour, we’ll be beside the two men as they anxiously cross the bridge to the rural farmhouse where Jakobine lives with Rusty, the gentle man she married over thirty years ago.

Hearing an unusual sound Jakobine
steps out into her garden, and...

'Driven' is story of restoration - first that of an old car, which then enables the restorations of old relationships. It's a unique but universal tale, reminding us it is never too late to journey into one's past, however one chooses to get there, and mend damage once done.