Steve Rogers of Wanda directed this spot for Canal+ in which midget clowns follow a man who’s oblivious to their presence. They shadow him at work, when he’s in his car, on the bus, even as he’s taking his significant other to a nightclub–to which the clowns don’t gain entry.
At one point, the clowns are on a scaffold perched along the side of a high-rise building as they try to connect with the man who’s in a business meeting.
We then learn that six months earlier the man was telling the clowns about the climax of a series storyline when he was summoned away by a phone call.
Their appetites whetted by the story, the clowns have been following him ever since to see what happened.
A super appears on screen which reads, “Discover the power of great series,” followed by the Canal+ channel logo. The spot is the centerpiece of a campaign launching Canal+ Series, a channel fully dedicated to series.
Agency is BETC Paris.
Review: Drew Hancock Makes Feature Directorial Debut With “Companion”
"Iris, wake up!"
Early in "Companion," lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with friends. Iris wakes from a nap and lovingly tells Josh she was dreaming about him. They reminisce about how they first met at the supermarket. All those oranges tumbling onto the floor! Ha ha.
In 20 minutes, absolutely everything about this sweet scene will be turned on its head in a terrifying and sinister manner. You will be surprised and shocked. Unless you saw the trailer, which reveals the whole thing.
And so we begin with a dilemma, dear moviegoer. "Companion," an exceedingly clever and entertaining sci-fi-horror-thriller-comedy by Drew Hancock in his feature debut, has more twists and turns than a corkscrew. But it's utterly impossible to write about the film without revealing the first of those twists.
So if you like coming in totally cold to a movie, then we're sorry to see you go, but stop reading! Otherwise, stay with us — we promise there'll be more surprises to come.
Moving on: Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) arrive at the estate. A nervous Iris stops at the door, worried that Josh's friends won't like her. He urges her to simply brighten up and act happy.
Kat (Megan Suri), Josh's ex, greets them. She is gorgeous, and frosty to Iris. Eli (Harvey Guillén) and his handsome boyfriend Patrick (Lukas Gage) are nicer. Then there's Sergey (Rupert Friend), Kat's aloof Russian boyfriend — sugar daddy, really — and owner of the house. The password to his devices is Stalin's birthday, which tells you something.
Things get dark, quickly. The next morning, someone dies. They will not be the first — this is a horror movie. And suddenly Iris, caked in blood,... Read More