i really hate my job - the blog

Author: eperdos from Romania

An excellent theatrical movie about 5 girls working in a restaurant but in fact looking for the meaning of their lives. Great acting on all 5 actresses, 2 of them being Romanian. Composition roles that request creativity and power: Shirley Henderson is a terrific almost hysterical woman and I would give her the Oscar for her performance. Oana Pellea is a delusional older woman, speaking just in philosophical words and behaving like nothing around her is happening; until frustration gets her too! I would like to see this script on stage eventually, and with same casting would be a stunning show. I saw the movie (an absolute world premiere) at TIFF (Transilvania International Film Festival) in Cluj, Romania, and I enjoyed every second of it.

Oliver Parker, the director of I Really Hate My Job is flying to Seattle for the Friday 15th evening screening of the film at the Seattle International Film Festival. He will be taking questions from the press and audience at the Q&A session after the film.

June 19th at 3.45 is the screening at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Photos from the screenings of I Really Hate My Job at the Transilvania International Film Festival are now posted on the offical web-site.

To see the whole gallery, click here

The screenings of the film at both the Transilvania and Seattle Film Festivals were reported in Variety:

“MUNICH — Oliver Parker’s “I Really Hate My Job” is to have its world preem in Transilvania.

Starring Romanian-born Alexandra Maria Lara (”Control,” “Downfall”), Neve Campbell (”Scream”) and Shirley Henderson (”Harry Potter”), Oliver Parker’s laffer about five waitresses stuck in a second-rate London restaurant with delusions of grandeur is to preem on June 4 at the 6th Transilvania Intl. Film Festival in Romania.”

To read the whole article click here.

Producer Andrew Higgie has been reporting back from the Transilvania International Film Festival and tells us that the film is getting fantastic reviews all round.

He is there with director Oliver Parker, writer Jennifer Higgie and actresses Oana Pellea and Alexandra Maria Lara who will be amongst the 2000 people attending an open air screening of the film tonight in Sibiu.  This will be a fantastic experience - I Really Hate My Job on the big screen - underneath the stars!

With the Transylvanian International Film Festival just around the corner - I Really Hate My Job’s screening during the festival features in the Hollywood Reporter.  The film festival, renowned for its innovation and style, runs from the 1st - 10th June and two of the film’s stars; Oana Pellea and Alexandra Maria Lara, will show their support for the film by attending.

Click here to read the whole article.

The film was shown for a second time today at the Cannes Film Festival - I wonder how it went? Maybe Alexandra managed to pop by to see it again…

May 16 - sitting in the US pavillion, having a drink…the screening was packed … Next one Friday.

On the phone last night with our co producers planning for two festivals in Romania and Seattle… Alexandra Maria Lara is a special guest in Transylvania along with Oliver Parker , and I am sure they will be sending daily updates to the the blog…alongside insights from Andrew and Jennie Higgie….all coming soon in June. Its quite an event in Transylvania….

Do I like my job?

I have been coming to Cannes for 20 years, an anniversary in fact… And it still remains a picturesque place…full of 24 hour energy and gems of films every year…so can’t complain that I hate my job really…

I Really Hate My Job’s world premiere will take place at the Transilvania Film Festival on the 2nd June - check out the official festival web-site for more information on this screening.

The brilliant film I Really Hate My Job will be having its world premiere at the Seattle Film Festival later this month.