Ogilvy’s ‘Cantona’ campaign for Kronenbourg joins the beer advertising hall of fame

Another watery tale: this time it’s Eric Cantona pretending to swim the English Channel for Kronenbourg. My friend George Parker at Adscam asks if this, LeBigSwim, is the best beer campaign to date.

Well there’ve been some crackers – Heineken way back, various incarnations of Fosters – but it’s certainly up there.

From Ogilvy London. The creative team was Simon Lotze and Miguel Nunes, who should be stepping up to a podium or three if there’s any justice. Directed by Ivan Zacharias for Stink.

MAA creative scale: 9.25 (could be even more but Cantona is such an inspired performer you wind him up and watch him go).