Additional information for My Life in Ruins, which has a domestic theatrical release set for May 8, 2009. The film is being distributed by Fox Searchlight and has not yet been rated. The film's total running time is still unknown.
PG-13
USA
PG
Australia
PG
Canada
15
South Korea
IIA
Hong Kong
M/6
Portugal
12A
Ireland
Btl
Sweden
Atp
Argentina
o.Al.
Germany
PG-13
Philippines
12A
UK
PG
Singapore
B
Mexico
May 15, 2008
France
February 6, 2009
Germany
May 3, 2009
USA
May 28, 2009
Greece
June 5, 2009
Canada
June 5, 2009
USA
June 25, 2009
Israel
July 16, 2009
Australia
July 16, 2009
New Zealand
July 31, 2009
Poland
August 7, 2009
Bulgaria
August 7, 2009
Spain
August 13, 2009
Hungary
August 13, 2009
United Arab Emirates
August 27, 2009
Croatia
August 27, 2009
Portugal
August 27, 2009
South Korea
September 3, 2009
Czech Republic
September 3, 2009
Hong Kong
September 9, 2009
France
September 11, 2009
Brazil
September 16, 2009
Belgium
September 25, 2009
Sweden
October 2, 2009
UK
October 5, 2009
Argentina
October 6, 2009
Mexico
October 8, 2009
Argentina
October 9, 2009
Italy
October 15, 2009
Germany
October 16, 2009
Philippines
November 5, 2009
Slovenia
The Star of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' is Finally Going to Greece.
The most fun you can have without a passport.
Falling in Love...In All the Wrong Places
My Life In Ruins starring Nia Vardalos (from My Big Fat Greek Wedding) as Georgia, a college professor of Classical Greek studies who has lost her job at the university & has had to take the job as a tour guide to the most annoying of tourists. Feeling this job is beneath her & having a deep love for Greek history, she tends to bore most of her tour companions which tend to leave her less than stellar evaluations. Uptight & disillusioned Georgia has lost her "kefi," that joie de vivre, that spirit that Greeks seem to have. Will this group of stereo-typical tourists help her find her light or will she finally say "chairo" to Greece forever? -kris_tea
Georgia (Nia Vardalos) came to Greece to follow a man. A few years later, she's been cast aside -- alone and adrift in a foreign land. Eventually, her passion for history leads her to a job as a tour guide. But Georgia is bored, and has lost her "kefi" (Greek for mojo) to boot. When taciturn sasquatch Poupi (Alexis Georgoulis) replaces the regular driver at the last minute, the frazzled tour guide thinks that her luck has just hit rock bottom. Thankfully, Georgia's latest batch of tourists is a more lively bunch than she's anticipated, and in between bouts with rival tour guide Nico (Alistair McGowan), she manages to form a genuine connection with wisecracking widower Irv (Richard Dreyfuss), a solo vacationer who maintains a jovial facade despite the fact that he misses his late wife dearly. With a little help from Irv, Georgia comes to realize that true love may be closer than she thinks -- if she could just recapture her kefi and open her eyes. [D-Man2010]
A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to the wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process. [D-Man2010]
Donald Petrie
Director(s)
Mike Reiss
Writer(s)
Mark Albela
co-producer
Michelle Chydzik Sowa
producer
Peter Friedlander
co-producer
Gary Goetzman
executive producer
Tom Hanks
executive producer
Nathalie Marciano
producer
Denise O'Dell
co-producer
Denis Pedregosa
associate producer
Peter Safran
executive producer
Rita Wilson
executive producer
Producer(s)
David Newman
Composer(s)
Georgia
Nia Vardalos
Irv
Richard Dreyfuss
Poupi Kakas
Alexis Georgoulis
Nico
Alistair McGowan
Big Al
Harland Williams
Kim
Rachel Dratch
Dr. Tullen
Caroline Goodall
Mr. Tullen
Ian Ogilvy
Caitlin
Sophie Stuckey
Lala
María Botto
Lena
María Adánez
Marc
Brian Palermo
Gator
Jareb Dauplaise
Ken
Simon Gleeson
Sue
Natalie O'Donnell
Dorcas
Sheila Bernette
Barnaby
Ralph Nossek
Maria
Bernice Stegers
Elinor
Rita Wilson
Hotel Clerk
Ian Gomez
Souvenir Shop Owner
Takis Papamattheou
Svetlana
Serenella Magriny
Olga
Marta Schwizer
Lenka
Maria Ripalda
Doudi
Nacho Pérez
Greek Man #1 (as Nadaf Malamud)
Nadav Malamud
Greek Man #2
Roland Sanden
Souvlaki Guy (as Vasilis Psichogiopoulos)
Vassilis Psihoyiopoulos
Jewelry Shop Owner
José Sacristán
Bar Owner
Alberto Santiago
Bartender (as Alejandro Sanchez Spijksma)
Alex Spijksma
Dour Nurse (as Mª José Goyanes)
María José Goyanes
Pretty Nurse
Jennifer Rope
Angry Canadian
Melina Kyriakopoulou
Kathy
Denise Moreno
Irv's Double (as Loryn Dreyfuss)
Lorin Dreyfuss
Greek Band
Abdeltif Louzar
Greek Band
Oreste Papadopol
Greek Band
Valentin Stoica
Canadian Tourist (uncredited)
Macarena Benites
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Driving Aphrodite
UK
Моя жизнь в руинах
Russia
A Minha Vida em Ruínas
Portugal
Erotas ala ellinika
Greece
Falando Grego
Brazil
Le mie grasse grosse vacanze greche
Italy
Mi vida en Grecia
Argentina
Min stora feta grekiska semester
Sweden
Moja grska avantura
Slovenia
Moja wielka grecka wycieczka
Poland
My Big Fat Greek Summer
Germany
Vacances à la grecque
France
A travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece.
Georgia (Nia Vardalos) came to Greece to follow a man. A few years later, she's been cast aside -- alone and adrift in a foreign land. Eventually, her passion for history leads her to a job as a tour guide. But Georgia is bored, and has lost her "kefi" (Greek for mojo) to boot. When taciturn sasquatch Poupi (Alexis Georgoulis) replaces the regular driver at the last minute, the frazzled tour guide thinks that her luck has just hit rock bottom. Thankfully, Georgia's latest batch of tourists is a more lively bunch than she's anticipated, and in between bouts with rival tour guide Nico (Alistair McGowan), she manages to form a genuine connection with wisecracking widower Irv (Richard Dreyfuss), a solo vacationer who maintains a jovial facade despite the fact that he misses his late wife dearly. With a little help from Irv, Georgia comes to realize that true love may be closer than she thinks -- if she could just recapture her kefi and open her eyes. [D-Man2010]
A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to the wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process. [D-Man2010]
Director(s)
Writer(s)
co-producer
Michelle Chydzik Sowa
producer
Peter Friedlander
co-producer
Gary Goetzman
executive producer
Tom Hanks
executive producer
Nathalie Marciano
producer
Denise O'Dell
co-producer
Denis Pedregosa
associate producer
Peter Safran
executive producer
Rita Wilson
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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