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October 1-15 2007


 

October 1-15 2007

All the Time
Surina Sayal

veryone's seen the curly-haired mama's boy on TV who calls his mother up from abroad, complaining about how he can't sleep, and the food's weird, and so on. These are the ads for Matrix Cellular Services that offers country-specific calling cards for over 30 countries.

The most recent campaign consists of two ad films. The first one shows the foreign traveller aka mama's boy tossing and turning restlessly, as he can't sleep due to jet lag. He then calls his mother, who holds her phone out of the window for him. As he hears familiar sounds like dogs barking and cars honking, he is seen dozing off while the call is still on.... more


 

   
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