Brad Pitt has electric fireworks with Penelope Cruz in a sizzling new commercial for French fashion house Chanel shared on Tuesday.
The two A-list stars look their best at a chic Deauville restaurant called La Belle Epoque – a period of European history that usually begins around 1871-1880 and ends with the outbreak of World War I in 1914 – as they stare at each other with longing in their eyes while being interrupted by a young waitress.
Brad, 60, smolders in a black jacket with a sweater over a crisp shirt. His hair was styled exactly so that he looked every inch a Hollywood movie star.
Cruz, 49, is a sexpot with her raven hair and heavy black eyeliner, as she wears in a black outfit.
The match seems made in heaven in the black and white advertisement that will undoubtedly become an instant classic. The clip is directed by Inez & Vinoodh.
Brad Pitt has electric fireworks with Penelope Cruz in a sizzling new commercial for French fashion house Chanel shared on Tuesday
Cruz is a sexpot with her raven black hair and heavy black eyeliner, as she wears in a black outfit
They are first seen in a car while going to the restaurant in the evening. Brad sits in the driver’s seat of the sports car because there is some sexual tension between them.
The Oscar-winning diva asks Brad what she should order for dinner, he says he doesn’t know.
But then he offers that a steak seems like a good idea.
While at the French restaurant he says they need to have Chateaubriand so he asks for two. Both order the steak medium rare and ask if it is ‘hot’.
“What time did you leave for Monte Carlo yesterday?” asks the Spanish siren.
The waitress – played by Rianne Van Rompaey – seems irritated when she interrupts them to ask if they want starters, but they both say no.
‘I think she’s annoyed with us. She’s definitely not happy,” he says after the waitress walks away.
“Do you want us to make her happy?” cherish Cruz. She has her black Chanel bag on the table between them.
The two A-list stars look their best in a chic Parisian restaurant as they stare at each other with longing in their eyes while being interrupted by a young waitress
While at the restaurant he says they need to have Chateaubriand so he asks for two. Both order the steak medium rare
The waitress seems annoyed when she interrupts them to ask if they want appetizers, they both say no. ‘I think she’s annoyed with us. She’s definitely not happy,” he says after the waitress walks away. “Do you want us to make her happy?” coos Cruz who has a black Chanel bag on the table
He looks dreamily at his date as if he wants to be alone with her
Before dinner, the two are seen in a car driving towards the restaurant as they chat
She then asks the waitress if they have any rooms available at the hotel where the restaurant is located: ‘Excuse me. Sorry, do you have any rooms available?’ Cruz asks.
It is implied that they will have sex after dinner.
The pair can also be seen dressed in black as they walk along a beach in Deauville while giving each other sexy looks.
The short film was created to open Chanel’s Fall-Winter 2024-25 Ready to Wear show.
It is a tribute to the film A Man and a Woman by French director Claude Lelouch. The short film aims to ‘capture the beginning of a love story in Deauville, a place dear to the House and the inspiration behind the collection conceived by Virginie Viard.’
Pitt has worked with Cruz’s husband, Javier Bardem. Javier is now starring in Pitt’s untitled project about Formula 1 racing.
Brad smolders in a black jacket with a sweater over a crisp shirt as they walk on a beach
The beach scenes flash as the two walk side by side and appear to be in love with each other, although no contact is really seen.
There is dramatic tension between them as if they were a couple, but nothing has been revealed yet
They walk together through a building that leads them to the sandy beach
Vogue helped explain more about this short film.
The clip is based on the classic film A Man and a Woman from 1966. In that French film, the stars are Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
They play two widowed parents who meet at their children’s boarding school. They soon discover that they have a mutual attraction.
Chanel’s short tribute recreates the scene where the two sit opposite each other in a hotel restaurant in Deauville.
In the original scene, a handbag – Aimée’s own Chanel bag – was placed on the table between them by director Claude Lelouch.
This happens again in the Pitt/Cruz movie.
In Lelouch’s original film, Trintignant asks about the room, but here Cruz does it, which gives the female strength as she makes the first step towards the bedroom.
As Inez & Vinoodh explained: ‘The complicity between the two women – which is a central theme in everything we create for Chanel – encourages Penélope’s decision to take that first step.’
Cruz told Vogue about the film.
“I’ve seen it before, but only at home,” said the Volver actress.
‘And I think Inez & Vinoodh have done something incredible. A Man and a Woman is one of my favorite films ever, and Claude Lelouch is one of my favorite directors.
‘And Anouk Aimée has always been one of my favorite actresses. And she is such a beauty, such a fashion icon.
‘So to be part of this beautiful tribute – to the film, to Claude, to the Deauville Festival, to the relationship between Deauville and Chanel and between Gabrielle and Deauville…. There are so many layers. And they are all so beautiful. And they are also truthful.’
