Semaine de la Critique

I started my internship yesterday! This is the poster of the Semaine de la Critique which I am working at!!

We had our first meeting yesterday which turned out great. We were so incredibly nervous though, all sorts of things were running through our heads! Too dressed up, not dressed up enough, we have to speak french, they are going to be awful and mean to us. It was ridiculous!

We ended up meeting them in front of the Palais du Festival - which is the big red carpet place! They took us up to Anais' apartment that she shares with some of the others and we had a petit cocktail and she talked about what are going to do. After that, the whole group came and we had dinner with all of them. We met the big boss and everything!!

I am so incredibly excited!!!!!!!!

After being incredibly nervous for the french thing and not thinking I was going to understand - everything went better than I thought it was going to. It was parfait!

We are working at the l'Espace Miramar which is in between the Carlton and the Martinez (where all the stars are). We will be receptionists during the screenings, helping out with answering questions, seating people, talking to famous french/Mexican people and going to parties!
"The smaller of the two parties is...uh..only about 500 people" - WHAT?!!?!!! That is "the smaller" of the two. Crazy crazy.

I'm getting really excited though. The festival starts on Wednesday - everyone is getting their internships. I have three friends working with Entertainment tonight, one who is actually going to be at the "Inglourious Bastards" (Quentin Tarantino) screening working at it and meeting everyone, and others who have all of a sudden needed a black tie!! It's so exciting and there is a buzz around campus that is making everyone crazy.

We have also received 25 new Americans at the college who are staying just for the festival. And everyday 150 other American film students who are working at the American Plaza (something like that...) come and hang out. It's crazyness!

I have another meeting tomorrow and then we start real work! Downtown is absolutely insanity and I will definitely have to take pictures.

George Clooney - here I come!!