Thursday, September 21, 2023



De'Longhi




The storyline is he drives to visit an old friend in a small town in Provence who gives him arabica beans and asks him to deliver a letter to Emma.   After apparently helping the two get back together, he goes home and has a cappuccino with the beans his old friend gave him.

Somewhat like Ad Astra, he isn't exactly playing himself.  But the old man with a forearm tattoo very similar in size and placement to Brad's bee and with very similar bracelets is meant to be his alter ego with the importance he places on LOVE and his desire and effort at reconciliation.



The classic Lancia Flaminia GT convertible is similar to the classic Citroën DS convertible he drives in By the Sea.






The tank, erased in most close ups, is visible on his forearm.

If the old friend's forearm with the tattoo and bracelets was cropped, it could pass for Brad's.

The old friend has LOVE tattooed on his fingers -- not Amor or Amour even though he is apparently a Frenchman.   

The friend pulls out a letter that had been sitting in a drawer.  He hands Brad the letter to deliver to Emma

At the back of his hand he has the Sun and (photo below) a small Moon and a Star.

All or most of the tattoos were likely added just for the commercial.





The woman playing Emma was identified by DM as actress Karina Beuthe.



Happy for his friend with Emma's response.




His De'Longhi "home" has a guitar as a prop but does not look like anything in the Chateau Miraval estate.









Also, for this second chapter, the production has brought together critically acclaimed and award-winning names: director Bennett Miller, cinematographer Greig Fraser, composer Justin Hurwitz, and photographer Lachlan Bailey.

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