A nun looks into a mirror and seems a bit disappointed in what she sees. However, a smile plays across her lips as if she just had an inspired thought–but there’s no clue as to what that inspiration might be.
Next, we see her at a hand and foot-powered sewing machine. The sound of the convent’s church bell chimes prompts her to hurry off to report along with the other nuns to the head sister.
The camera then reveals that the nun has drawn up the hem of her habit to slightly above her ankles. The head sister looks a bit disapprovingly at the sight of the raised hem yet our protagonist nun looks happy.
A supered message appears on screen which simply reads, “All women love beautifully smooth legs.”
An end tag shows us the Venus razor and logo.
“Nuns” was directed by Tom Routson from Santa Monica-headquartered Tool of North America for BBDO New York.
The BBDO ensemble included chief creative officers David Lubars and Bill Bruce, senior creative director/art director Gro Frivoll, copywriter Susan Golkin, exec producer John Lacey, assistant producer Roger Jones, and director of music/radio production Rani Vaz.
Bill Pope was the DP.
Editor was Sherri Margulies of Crew Cuts, New York.
Efx house was Nice Shoes, New York.
Original music came from David Horowitz Music Associates, New York.
Steve McQueen Shows Wartime London Through A Child’s Eyes In “Blitz”
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