My Life in Ruins
| My Life in Ruins | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster
|
|
| Directed by | Donald Petrie |
| Produced by | Michelle Chydzik Nathalie Marciano |
| Written by | Mike Reiss |
| Starring |
Nia Vardalos Richard Dreyfuss Alexis Georgoulis Harland Williams |
| Music by |
David Newman David Mullen |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Patrick J. Don Vito |
|
Production
company |
26 Films
Playtone |
| Distributed by |
Fox Searchlight Pictures Echo Bridge Entertainment Hollywood Entertainment |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
95 minutes |
| Country | United States Greece Spain |
| Language | English Greek |
| Budget | $17 million |
| Box office | $20.5 million |
My Life in Ruins (UK title: Driving Aphrodite) is a 2009 romantic comedy film set amongst the ruins of ancient Greece, starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams and British comedy actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan. The film is about a tour guide whose life takes a personal detour, while her group gets entangled in comic situations among the ruins, with a series of unexpected stops along the way. The film was released on June 5, 2009 in the United States, and May 7, 2009 in Greece.
Georgia (Nia Vardalos) is a Greek American teacher who came to Greece to teach at a local college about Classic Greece. However, budget cuts caused her to be laid off and forced her to get a job as tour guide. She believes she has hit rock bottom when she loses her passion in everything. Informed by her boss, Maria (Bernice Stegers), that she ranks poorly as a guide because the tourists think she's boring, Georgia finds herself leading a tour around Greece with an assorted group of misfit tourists whom she believes is a failure since they seem to care more about buying T-shirts than learning about history and culture. Instead, she wishes to have a good group of Canadian tourists whom seems to be more engaged in history and culture than wanting to go shopping for souvenirs and hang out at the beach. Maria disagrees with Georgia's assessment, informing her that they are more interested in Nico (Alistair McGowan), a rival male tour guide also working for Maria because he's engaging in tours. As Georgia's tour departs, her driver is injured in an accident and is replaced by another driver, Poupi (Alexis Georgoulis).
In a clash of personalities and cultures, everything seems to go wrong and Georgia is on the verge of quitting as she can't connect with the group to get them to appreciate Greece and its culture. This is made worse when she voices her disgust with Maria for favoring Nico over her in letting his group stay in better hotels than her group. After being ignored again, Georgia decides to send a letter to inform her that she's quitting at the end of her tour and Maria can find another tour guide more tolerant to her and Nico.
...
Wikipedia