DRIVING APHRODITE (UK) aka
MY LIFE IN RUINS (USA)
Year: 2009
USA: Fox Searchlight
UK: Warner Bros Pictures International UK
Cast: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alistair McGowan, Ian Ogilvy, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams, Alexia Georgoulis, Sheila Bernette, Maria Botto, Ralph Hossek, Marai Adanez, Bernice Stegers
Director: Donald Petrie
Countries: USA / Spain
USA & UK: 95 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for sexual content
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate sex references
USA Release Date: 5 June 2009
UK Release Date: 2 October 2009
Synopsis
Directed by Donald Petrie (HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, MISS CONGENIALITY) the comedy is one of the first feature films to have access to shoot on location at The Acropolis in Athens.
Nia Vardalos (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING) plays a tour guide set amongst the Grecian ruins in MY LIFE IS RUINS. She plays Georgia, who has lost her kefi (Greek for mojo). With no direction in her life, she works as a travel guide. Leading a rag-tag group of tourists, she attempts to enlighten them about the beauty of her native Greece as she shows them the sights...