A three-minute ad from Mexican phone carrier Movistar is freaking everyone out.
The commercial features two teenagers meeting online, texting for a while, and deciding to meet in person. Obviously it ALL GOES WRONG. This video is more of a public service announcement than an advertisement, and it basically warns against accepting friend requests from strangers and meeting them IRL. (I first watched the Spanish version below and got my husband to translate it, but the message is pretty clear in any case. The English subtitled version is here.)
AdWeek goes into the whole backstory of filming and casting the three minute video, which from the scope of their coverage, will one day be featured in the Criterion Collection and discussed for generations. It was interesting tho, that director Andrew Lang made the video before even telling Movistar about it.
Movistar is owned by Spain's Telefonica. Sexual predators are everywhere.
